[geronb]

Current employee here. The employee count is actually 7000, half of what you stated. Not sure where you got 14,000.

[1024core]

Well, maybe you should fix your Wikipedia entry[0] then, which claims ~13,000 employees as of last year?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb

[lasgsf]

and a big chunck is contractors or low-level customer support right?

[geronb]

Yes, most is non-tech