There are only three ways to get a list of employees of any company. The goal of this article is to guide you to a fool-proof method to build a list of employees working in any company in a spreadsheet without much menial effort.
To get a list of employees of a company, say Buzzfeed, you can either:
- Ask the Human Resource (HR) admin very nicely to provide you with that data
- Search on the platform
- Use Enrich Layer's Employee Listing API
No, unless you are the CEO of Buzzfeed, you are most likely not going to get anywhere with the first method. This brings us to the second and third methods.
Get a list of past employees of Buzzfeed (or any company) with the platform.
The the platform method is the best if you do not need to have the employees exported to a spreadsheet. This is because most professionals, particularly in the western world, are on the platform for professional growth. These professionals, including myself, keep our job history constantly up-to-date on the platform. The only other two organizations with better employee data are the IRS (tax department) and the company itself.
Pros
- It is free
Cons
- Not able to export results to a spreadsheet (unless you scrape it, which requires technical expertise).
- Only able to list up to 1000 employees (past or present).