Calendly grew from 150 to 600 employees in two years
Annie Pearl · Behind the scenes of Calendly’s rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO) · Feb 26, 2023 · at 13:57
Annie Pearl, Chief Product Officer at Calendly, details the company's headcount and product organization expansion since she joined.
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“When I joined about two years ago, I think the company was about a 150 people, and I think we're about 600 now, and then the product team, we're about, there were about 15 product managers and designers when I joined again about two years ago, and I think we're around 60, ah, this year.”
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