Employee Breakdown and Growth

The Employee Breakdown & Growth insight provides detailed information about a company's departmental composition, headcount distribution, and growth patterns over time, offering valuable metrics that reveal organizational priorities and expansion strategies.

Why does this insight matter?

Reveals company priorities through departmental investment and growth patterns
Identifies expansion focus areas by highlighting which teams are growing fastest
Shows organizational shifts through declining departments vs. accelerating ones
Provides context for solutions by revealing where the company is allocating resources
Creates natural conversation starters based on observable business trends

Example Payload

{
  "company": {
    "metrics": {
      "growth": {
        "sixMonth": 3,
        "oneYear": 7,
        "twoYear": 9
      },
      "organization": {
        "headCount": 579336,
        "yearFounded": 1995
      },
      "headcountByDepartment": {
        "engineering": 144558,
        "informationTechnology": 94225,
        "businessDevelopment": 61616,
        "operations": 44699,
        "finance": 21197,
        "consulting": 19187,
        "customerSuccessAndSupport": 18184,
        "humanResources": 16914,
        "programAndProjectManagement": 16802,
        "qualityAssurance": 14608,
        "sales": 14451,
        "research": 12146,
        "accounting": 12145,
        "administrative": 12061,
        "communityAndSocialServices": 7738,
        "marketing": 5446,
        "artsAndDesign": 5289,
        "education": 5003,
        "mediaAndCommunication": 2807,
        "legal": 2692,
        "purchasing": 2562,
        "healthcareServices": 2093,
        "militaryAndProtectiveServices": 1896,
        "productManagement": 1740,
        "entrepreneurship": 573,
        "realEstate": 424
      },
      "1yearGrowthByDepartment": {
        "communityAndSocialServices": 31,
        "sales": 24,
        "education": 22,
        "entrepreneurship": 21,
        "administrative": 19,
        "healthcareServices": 18,
        "businessDevelopment": 13,
        "artsAndDesign": 10,
        "research": 9,
        "customerSuccessAndSupport": 9,
        "accounting": 8,
        "mediaAndCommunication": 8,
        "marketing": 6,
        "operations": 5,
        "legal": 4,
        "finance": 4,
        "engineering": 4,
        "humanResources": 4,
        "consulting": 3,
        "purchasing": 3,
        "informationTechnology": 3,
        "militaryAndProtectiveServices": 3,
        "qualityAssurance": 2,
        "programAndProjectManagement": 2,
        "realEstate": 1,
        "productManagement": -3
      }
    },
    "analysis": {
      "summary": "Massive company showing slow but steady growth.",
      "insight": "The company is experiencing slow but steady growth, increasing from 7% to 9% to 3% over the last two years. With a very large headcount (~579k), this suggests a mature organization where significant growth is difficult to achieve."
    }
  }
}

Example Output

"Incredible to see headcount grow 20% 10 years in with 4,500 employees to start... super impressive."