Chegg, the online learning and student services platform, reports a global workforce of roughly 1,379 employees. Recent records show 42 new hires alongside 678 recorded departures, signaling a net decrease in overall headcount. The company continues to balance its talent mix while supporting a broad portfolio that includes textbook rentals, study tools, and on-demand tutoring.
Engineering is Chegg’s largest function, employing about 428 people, or a little over one-third of the company. Business Management follows with 243 employees, while Marketing & Product accounts for 198 team members. Education services, IT, Finance & Administration, and Sales & Support each range between 80 and 100 employees, indicating an even spread across customer-facing and operational roles. Several specialty categories such as Publishing and Banking show minimal reported staff, suggesting these areas are either highly specialized or consolidated into other units.
Chegg’s workforce is widely dispersed, with 829 employees listed under remote or miscellaneous locations, highlighting a significant distributed or flexible work model. The largest identifiable office is in San Francisco with 204 employees, complemented by U.S. hubs in New York and Portland. India is a major talent center, led by Delhi (125 employees) and supported by Kolkata, Noida, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. An additional 38 employees are based in Israel, underscoring the company’s multi-regional footprint.