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Freshworks

HQ San Mateo, USFounded 2010publicWebsite @Freshworks
Composite score
49.9
rank #26 · cuts

#26 Cut. 7.7k employees.

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Head-to-headvs Decagonvs Sierra
Headcount
7.7k
+0.7%
90d change
+2.8%
Funding events (90d)
0
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$97k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.5%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.2 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
no rounds on record

Hiring flow · Freshworks

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,809
-4%
Support
735
-1%
Sales
462
+5%
Product
420
-4%
Analyst
339
0%
Marketing
219
+3%
Operations
217
+1%
Human Resources
192
-1%
Other
547

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Layoff · 5.4% (321 roles)
Departures in 2024-11: 429 vs 6-mo baseline of 108 (3.97× spike). Derived from PDL.
2y ago

Score history

2026-08-17
49.9
rank #26
2026-08-10
45.9
rank #28
2026-08-03
18.7
rank #34
2026-07-27
16.4
rank #33
2026-07-20
33.1
rank #30
2026-07-13
41.5
rank #30
2026-07-06
41.5
rank #26
2026-06-29
18.1
rank #32
2026-06-22
18.1
rank #32
2026-06-15
45.2
rank #22
2026-06-08
30.9
rank #5
2026-06-01
30.9
rank #5