> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://apidoc.cufinder.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Decline signals

> Signals that flag contraction, cost-cutting, or instability, useful both for timing efficiency plays and for pausing accounts.

Signals that flag contraction, cost-cutting, or instability, useful both for timing efficiency plays and for pausing accounts.

The decline category contains **9 signals**. Each links to a full reference page with the exact trigger condition, stored fields, magnitude, and an outreach playbook.

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  <Card title="Employee Decrease" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/employee-decrease">
    A company's employee count dropped by at least one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Employee Size Band Downgrade" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/employee-size-band-downgrade">
    A company fell down a Professional Network employee size band.
  </Card>

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

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

  <Card title="Hiring Freeze Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/hiring-freeze-signal">
    Open roles collapsed while headcount stayed flat or fell.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Followers Decrease" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/followers-decrease">
    The company's follower count dropped.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Followers Growth Decelerating" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/followers-growth-decelerating">
    Follower growth slowed sharply while still positive.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Jobs Open Decrease" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/jobs-open-decrease">
    The number of open job postings fell.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Jobs Dropped to Zero" href="/buying-signals/signals/decline/jobs-dropped-to-zero">
    A company that had open roles now has none.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
