At the end of 2024, Alphabet had 183,323 full-time employees. Up until 2015, these figures were reported as Google employees. The alphabet was created through a corporate restructuring of Google in October 2015 and became the parent company of Google as well as several of its former subsidiaries, including Calico, X, CapitalG and Sidewalk Labs. Google’s popularity Google is one of the most famous internet companies in the world, and in May 2024, the most visited multi-platform website in the United States, with over 278 million U.S. unique visitors during that month alone. The California-based multinational internet company has been delivering digital products and services since its creation in 1996. Due to the popularity of its search engine, the verb “to google” has entered the everyday language and the Oxford Dictionary. In addition to that, the company has also crafted itself as one of the most desirable employers, largely due to the many perks it offers in its offices worldwide. Some of the most appealing aspects of working for Google according to its employees include readily available foods and drinks, good working conditions, and ample communal spaces for relaxing, as well as many health benefits and generous salaries. Google offices and employees As of February 2022, Google and Alphabet had more than 70 offices in over 200 cities throughout 50 around the globe, including Germany, Czechia, Finland, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, and New Zealand. The company’s headquarters, also known as “the Googleplex,” are located in Mountain View, California, while other office locations in American states include New York, Georgia, Texas, Washington D.C., and Massachusetts. As Alphabet, the company employs a total over 182 thousand full-time staff, in addition to many other temporary and internship positions. Per the most recent diversity report published in July 2021, most Google employees were male and only 34 percent were female – a figure that has barely changed since the company started reporting on the diversity of its employees in 2016. Furthermore, as of 2021, women occupied only 28.1 percent of leadership positions and 24.6 percent of tech positions. Although Google has regularly stated that the company is committed to promoting ethnic diversity among its personnel, some 54.4 percent of its U.S. employees are White and only 3.3 percent of employees are Black.

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As of January 2024, the majority of Google employees worldwide, almost 66 percent, were male. The distribution of male and female employees at Google hasn’t seen a big change over the recent years. In 2014 the share of female employees at Google was 30.6 percent. In 2021 this number has increased by only 3 percent. Considering that the total number of Google employees increased greatly between the years 2007 and 2020, the female quota among the employees had seen rather a small increase. Google as a company Google is a diverse internet company that provides a wide range of digital products and services. In 2022, the company’s global revenue was over 279 billion U.S. dollars. Most of its revenue, around 305 billion U.S. dollars, was from advertising. Among its services, the most popular ones are YouTube and Google Play. Male and female employees at tech companies Google is not the only tech company with a lower number of female employees. This pattern can be seen in other big tech companies too. In 2019, in a ranking of 20 leading tech companies worldwide, only 23andMe had more than a 50 percent share of female employees. The majority of tech companies in the ranking have far more male than female employees.

In the fiscal period that ended December 31, 2023, Google UK Limited's average number of employees was 7,442 employees. This was a slight increase compared to the previous reporting period ending December 31, 2022, where 7,005 individuals were reported to have had worked for the company in the UK.

In 2024, 4.3 percent of U.S. Google leadership employees were of Latinx ethnicity. The majority of leadership employees, about six in ten, were white. Asian Google employees accounted for the second-largest group of employees in leadership positions.

As of 2024, 7.5 percent of U.S. Google employees were of Hispanic or Latinx ethnicity. The biggest share of Google employees were white. Currently, more than four in ten Google employees were white, down from more than six in ten in 2014.

In 2023, Amazon.com was the top-ranked internet company based on number of employees. The e-commerce giant reported a workforce of more than **** million employees. Amazon has consistently topped the ranking as the online company with the biggest workforce, but the global COVID-19 pandemic has widened the gap as e-commerce has boomed since. During the same period, Meta (formerly Facebook Inc.) had a total of ****** full-time employees. Additionally, Google's parent company Alphabet had ******* full-time workers in 2024.

Context: This dataset contains information about employees in a company, including their educational backgrounds, work history, demographics, and employment-related factors. It has been anonymized to protect privacy while still providing valuable insights into the workforce.

Columns:

1. Education: The educational qualifications of employees, including degree, institution, and field of study.

2. Joining Year: The year each employee joined the company, indicating their length of service.

3. City: The location or city where each employee is based or works.

4. Payment Tier: Categorization of employees into different salary tiers.

5. Age: The age of each employee, providing demographic insights.

6. Gender: Gender identity of employees, promoting diversity analysis.

7. Ever Benched: Indicates if an employee has ever been temporarily without assigned work.

8. Experience in Current Domain: The number of years of experience employees have in their current field.

9. Leave or Not: a target column

Usage: This dataset can be used for various HR and workforce-related analyses, including employee retention, salary structure assessments, diversity and inclusion studies, and leave pattern analyses. Researchers, data analysts, and HR professionals can gain valuable insights from this dataset.

Potential Research Questions: 1. What is the distribution of educational qualifications among employees? 2. How does the length of service (Joining Year) vary across different cities? 3. Is there a correlation between Payment Tier and Experience in Current Domain? 4. What is the gender distribution within the workforce? 5. Are there any patterns in leave-taking behavior among employees?

Acknowledgments: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of our HR department in providing this dataset for research and analysis purposes.

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Summary

This dataset contains 100,000 rows of data capturing key aspects of employee performance, productivity, and demographics in a corporate environment. It includes details related to the employee's job, work habits, education, performance, and satisfaction. The dataset is designed for various purposes such as HR analytics, employee churn prediction, productivity analysis, and performance evaluation.

• Employee_ID: Unique identifier for each employee.
• Department: The department in which the employee works (e.g., Sales, HR, IT).
• Gender: Gender of the employee (Male, Female, Other).
• Age: Employee's age (between 22 and 60).
• Job_Title: The role held by the employee (e.g., Manager, Analyst, Developer).
• Hire_Date: The date the employee was hired.
• Years_At_Company: The number of years the employee has been working for the company.
• Education_Level: Highest educational qualification (High School, Bachelor, Master, PhD).
• Performance_Score: Employee's performance rating (1 to 5 scale).
• Monthly_Salary: The employee's monthly salary in USD, correlated with job title and performance score.
• Work_Hours_Per_Week: Number of hours worked per week.
• Projects_Handled: Total number of projects handled by the employee.
• Overtime_Hours: Total overtime hours worked in the last year.
• Sick_Days: Number of sick days taken by the employee.
• Remote_Work_Frequency: Percentage of time worked remotely (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%).
• Team_Size: Number of people in the employee's team.
• Training_Hours: Number of hours spent in training.
• Promotions: Number of promotions received during their tenure.
• Employee_Satisfaction_Score: Employee satisfaction rating (1.0 to 5.0 scale).
• Resigned: Boolean value indicating if the employee has resigned.

Potential Use Cases

• Churn Prediction: Identifying patterns that lead to employee resignation.
• Productivity Analysis: Understanding the factors that drive productivity, such as remote work frequency, overtime, or training hours.
• Performance Evaluation: Analyzing how performance scores correlate with factors such as salary, team size, or education level.
• HR Analytics: Providing insights into workforce demographics and behavior for strategic decision-making.

Acknowledgement

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In 2024, the share of female Google employees worldwide in leadership positions amounted to 32.8 percent. The majority of leadership employees were men. Overall, about two thirds of Google employees worldwide were male.

The American technology company Microsoft Corporation employed approximately ******* people in full-time positions worldwide as of its 2025 financial year. Around ** percent of Microsoft’s employees are located in the company’s home country the United States. The employees are spread out over four business units: operations (manufacturing, distribution, product support, and consulting services), research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administration. Product portfolio and business segments Microsoft sells a wide range of consumer and enterprise software, hardware, and services. The technology company had a revenue standing at around *** billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2025, most of which came from its productivity and business processes segment. For example, Microsoft Windows is a dominating presence in the desktop operating systems market. Microsoft U.S. tech giant Microsoft is one of the biggest technology companies in the United States next to Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, and IBM. Microsoft’s market capitalization has consistently grown to over ***** trillion U.S. dollars over the period from 2014 to 2024. Today, Microsoft is one of the most valuable brands worldwide, with only Apple having a higher brand value.

In 2025, Spotify employed an average of 7,287 people worldwide, down from 7,691 in the previous year. However, this number remains significantly higher than the 311 employees recorded in 2011. Spotify also made headlines in 2022 and 2023 for letting go a large share of its workforce as part of major restructuring efforts. Spotify and digital music Starting out as a Sweden-based startup, Spotify has evolved into a strong player in the digital content subscription market. The music streaming service was publicly launched in 2008 and has gone on to become a company with about 17.2 billion euros in annual revenue. Spotify legally provides content from record labels including EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner Music Group. The basic version of the service is free and higher tiers of paid subscription feature no ads and access on mobile devices. Although available as a stand-alone service, Spotify made its U.S. debut in July 2011 as a Facebook application and has since included heavily integrated social features like shared tracks and messaging between users. As of the fourth quarter of 2025, Spotify had 290 million premium subscribers worldwide, a significant increase from 10 million in May 2014. In June 2023, it was the most downloaded music and audio app on the Google Play Store. Digital music revenue continues to decline While Spotify has emerged as a dominant player in the music streaming industry, traditional digital music sales have seen a steady decline. Global digital music revenues dropped to around 800 million U.S. dollars in 2024, down from 2.6 billion in 2017, as consumers increasingly opt for subscription-based streaming over individual downloads. With the continued decline of physical music sales, streaming services like Spotify have become the primary driver of digital music revenue, highlighting the growing importance of accessible, on-demand music platforms.

As of October 2025, the tech startup with the largest wave of layoffs from March 2020 was Amazon, with 30,000 employees laid off on October 27, 2025. Furthermore, Intel announced a layoff of 22,000 employees on April 23, 2025. Layoffs in the technology industry Overall, layoffs across all industries began in 2020 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with tech layoffs increasing in 2022. In the first quarter of 2023 alone, more than 167 thousand employees had been fired worldwide, a record number of job cuts in a single quarter and more than all of the layoffs announced in 2022 combined, marking a harsh start to 2023 for the tech sector. From retail to finance and education, all sectors are suffering from this widespread downsizing. However, retail tech startups were hit the most, with almost 29 thousand layoffs announced as of September 2023. Most job losses happened in the United States, where tech giants like Amazon, Meta, and Google are based. Reasons behind increasing tech layoffs Layoffs in the technology sector started with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when entire cities were in lockdown and mobility was restricted. Although restrictions loosened up in 2021, events such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the downturn in Chinese production, and rising inflation had a significant impact on the tech industry and continue to represent major concerns for tech companies. As a consequence, companies across the world have yet to overcome all economic challenges, examples of which are rising material and labor costs, as well as decreasing profit margins. To address such difficulties, tech companies have appointed business plans. For instance, in the United States, tech firms planned to focus more on consumer retention, automating software, and cutting operating expenses.