Composite score
53.2
rank #33 · cuts
#33 Cut. 2.6k employees.
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Headcount
2.6k
-0.3%
90d change
-1.1%
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 v25Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$2.1M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
15.1%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.5 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
—
no rounds on record
Hiring flow · Slack
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25Engineering
1,168
-2%
Sales
205
-13%
Operations
155
-5%
Product
136
-4%
Support
105
-20%
Marketing
103
-13%
Fulfillment
62
-14%
Analyst
51
-13%
Other
204
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In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- The VergeHeadline5d agoSlack is launching collaborative vibe-coding channels
Article is entirely about Slack's new Code product launch featuring AI-assisted collaborative coding.
- DecryptHeadline1mo agoJack Dorsey's Block Launches Buzz, a Nostr-Based Slack and GitHub Rival for AI Agents
Named in title and article as competitor; Block explicitly built Buzz to reduce dependency on Slack.
- TechCrunch1mo agoJack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents
Slack is named as the primary competitive target for Buzz; article discusses how Buzz aims to improve upon and replace Slack workflows.
- TechCrunchHeadline2mo agoAnthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Slack is the platform where Claude Tag operates; central to the feature but not the subject of the article.
Events
Layoff · 2.37% (78 roles)
Departures in 2023-04: 127 vs 6-mo baseline of 49 (2.59× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 2.97% (102 roles)
Departures in 2023-03: 151 vs 6-mo baseline of 49 (3.08× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Score history
2026-08-24
53.2
rank #33
2026-08-17
53.8
rank #30
2026-08-10
44.9
rank #31
2026-08-03
20.1
rank #31
2026-07-27
17.9
rank #30
2026-07-20
32.3
rank #37
2026-07-13
42.8
rank #21
2026-07-06
43.8
rank #13
2026-06-29
28.0
rank #6
2026-06-22
28.0
rank #6
2026-06-15
39.1
rank #45
2026-06-08
10.8
rank #26