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389 Legal employees (0.2% of company), growing rapidly (8% YoY).

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The Legal department currently has 389 employees out of 160242 total (0.2%). The department is growing rapidly (8% YoY), representing a change of approximately +28 employees.

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Signal
Legal team growth
Department headcount
389
Department growth, 1 year
+8%
Total headcount
160,242
Company growth, 1 year
+7%
Growth category
Moderate

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Company growth, 6 months
+4%
Company growth, 2 years
+20%
Median tenure (years)
3.3
Decision makers
395
Share of company
+0.2%
Department change
28

Details

Median tenure
3.3 years
Overall growth: 1yr
7
Overall growth: 2yr
20
Overall growth: 6mth
4
Company size
Enterprise

Extraction

Detected
Jun 23, 2026
signal_type
employee-growth
signal_subtype
departmentalGrowthLegal

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{
  "signal_id": "0e7ecfb2-3a58-4216-81a4-7f9bc391ba71",
  "signal_type": "employee-growth",
  "signal_subtype": "departmentalGrowthLegal",
  "detected_at": "2026-06-23T01:20:28+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Upwork",
    "domain": "upwork.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "summary": "389 Legal employees (0.2% of company), growing rapidly (8% YoY).",
    "relevance": 2,
    "description": "The Legal department currently has 389 employees out of 160242 total (0.2%). The department is growing rapidly (8% YoY), representing a change of approximately +28 employees.",
    "median_tenure": 3.3,
    "overall_growth": {
      "1yr": 7,
      "2yr": 20,
      "6mth": 4
    },
    "department_name": "Legal",
    "growth_category": "moderate",
    "total_headcount": 160242,
    "source_timestamp": "2025-11-23T12:45:37.084Z",
    "department_headcount": 389,
    "departments_metadata": {
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        "growth_1yr": 8
      },
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      },
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      },
      "research": {
        "headcount": 1249,
        "growth_1yr": 4
      },
      "education": {
        "headcount": 1574,
        "growth_1yr": 19
      },
      "marketing": {
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        "growth_1yr": 5
      },
      "accounting": {
        "headcount": 1336,
        "growth_1yr": 3
      },
      "consulting": {
        "headcount": 674,
        "growth_1yr": 2
      },
      "operations": {
        "headcount": 1664,
        "growth_1yr": 9
      },
      "purchasing": {
        "headcount": 96,
        "growth_1yr": -3
      },
      "engineering": {
        "headcount": 25863,
        "growth_1yr": 3
      },
      "real_estate": {
        "headcount": 249,
        "growth_1yr": 0
      },
      "administrative": {
        "headcount": 14405,
        "growth_1yr": 7
      },
      "arts_and_design": {
        "headcount": 26689,
        "growth_1yr": 9
      },
      "human_resources": {
        "headcount": 1488,
        "growth_1yr": -3
      },
      "customer_success": {
        "headcount": 1772,
        "growth_1yr": 3
      },
      "entrepreneurship": {
        "headcount": 489,
        "growth_1yr": 15
      },
      "quality_assurance": {
        "headcount": 560,
        "growth_1yr": 9
      },
      "product_management": {
        "headcount": 201,
        "growth_1yr": 3
      },
      "healthcare_services": {
        "headcount": 446,
        "growth_1yr": 19
      },
      "business_development": {
        "headcount": 1182,
        "growth_1yr": 10
      },
      "information_technology": {
        "headcount": 5482,
        "growth_1yr": 5
      },
      "media_and_communication": {
        "headcount": 27907,
        "growth_1yr": 4
      },
      "community_and_social_services": {
        "headcount": 523,
        "growth_1yr": 12
      },
      "military_and_protective_services": {
        "headcount": 131,
        "growth_1yr": 0
      }
    },
    "company_size_category": "enterprise",
    "decision_makers_count": 395,
    "department_growth_1yr": 8,
    "department_pct_of_total": 0.2,
    "department_absolute_change": 28
  }
}

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