How Many People Work at Chegg? Headcount and Employee Trends

Chegg Inc. (chegg.com) is an education technology company serving students with study tools and academic support. The dataset lists a total workforce of 1,379 employees, with 21 new hires and 495 departures recorded. Headcount is spread across technical, business, and customer-facing functions, with a sizable global presence. This overview highlights how the organization is structured by role and geography.

Engineering is the largest team with 428 employees, accounting for about 31% of the company. Business Management (243) and Marketing and Product (198) represent substantial portions of the workforce, bringing the combined technical and product-oriented groups to roughly 45% of total headcount. Additional functions include Education (90), Information Technology (87), Finance and Administration (82), Sales and Support (81), Operations (63), Human Resources (47), and Other (60). This distribution reflects a strong emphasis on building, managing, and supporting digital education services at scale.

Chegg’s workforce is globally distributed across named hubs and a broad set of additional locations. The largest named site is San Francisco, CA with 254 employees, followed by Delhi, India (109) and New York, NY (69), with additional teams in Portland, OR (43), Los Angeles, CA (19), Atlanta, GA (17), and several cities in India including Kolkata (20), Noida (20), and Bengaluru (16). A significant portion of the organization (812 employees) is categorized as Other, indicating a wide distributed footprint beyond the listed hubs. This mix suggests a blend of U.S.-based operations and an established presence in India for engineering, operations, and support functions.