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# Mass Layoff Signal

> Employee count dropped severely in a single interval.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `mass_layoff_signal`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Decline
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (employee count field).
  </Card>
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Employee count dropped severely in a single interval.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `employee_count` drops ≥ 20% in a single crawl interval.
</Card>

## Magnitude

Hyper by definition (≥20% threshold).

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

Major restructuring is happening, and the buying committee may be in flux. A 20%+ cut is a company-defining event, often tied to financial distress, a pivot, or acquisition. Treat it as a strong caution signal and a trigger to fully re-qualify the account.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Defining event">
    A fifth of the workforce gone signals crisis or radical restructuring.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Re-qualify fully">
    Assume your champion may be gone and the org chart is different.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Restructuring input">
    Feeds restructuring\_signal when paired with churn and consolidation.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Strong caution. Re-verify contacts before any outreach; the buying committee likely changed.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Layoff Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/layoff-signal">
    Employee count dropped sharply in a single interval.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Restructuring Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/restructuring-signal">
    A company is undergoing major restructuring.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Leadership Churn Spike" href="/buying-signals/signals/people/leadership-churn-spike">
    Multiple senior leaders departed in a short window.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Decline Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/decline-signal">
    A company shows a clear distress pattern.
  </Card>
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