2027 Workforce trends ReportInside HR at the world's best companies

We pulled 20+ public data points on 100 high-growth tech companies, from OpenAI to Duolingo to Databricks: how their People teams are structured, how they hire, what they pay, and how fast AI is changing the job. No surveys, no self-reporting. Every stat traces back to a public source.

The findings show what running HR at the top looks like now. AI skills are becoming a hiring requirement for People roles, pay transparency is standard practice, and the leanest teams run at ratios no benchmark has a category for. The full report breaks down four trends and what each one means for your team in 2027.

81%
of companies with available data are building AI into the People function, from AI-skill requirements in open roles to technical work inside the job itself.
74%
publish salary information, and 25% publish full ranges. At this level, pay transparency is the default, not the differentiator.
56%
put a VP-level or more senior leader in charge of HR. At these companies, People strategy sits right next to business strategy.

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