# st.retrieveCompanyEmployees

This action allows you to retrieve company employees and perform additional person-related actions if needed.

## Constraints

> ⏺️ **Root Start:** not allowed.

> ⬆️ **Parent Actions:** [st.openCompanyPage](/docs/action-st-open-company-page).

> ⬇️ **Child Actions:** [st.doForPeople](/docs/action-st-do-for-people).

## Parameters

```json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveCompanyEmployees",
  "label": "company1Employees",
  "limit": 300,
  "filter": {
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "position": "Manager",
    "locations": ["New York", "San Francisco", "London"],
    "industries": ["Software Development", "Professional Services"],
    "schools": ["Harvard University", "MIT"]
  },
  "then": { ... }
}
```

- `label` (optional) – custom label for tracking this action in workflow completion.
- `limit` – (optional) maximum number of employees to retrieve. Defaults to **10**, with a maximum value of **1000**.
- `filter` (optional) – object that specifies filtering criteria for employees. When multiple filter fields are specified, they are combined using `AND` logic.
  - `firstName` (optional) – first name of employee.
  - `lastName` (optional) – last name of employee.
  - `position` (optional) – job position of employee.
  - `locations` (optional) – array of free-form strings representing locations. Matches if employee is located in any of the listed locations.
  - `industries` (optional) – array of enums representing industries. Matches if employee works in any of the listed industries. Takes specific values available in the LinkedIn interface.
  - `schools` (optional) – array of institution names. Matches if employee currently attends or previously attended any of the listed institutions.
- `then` (optional) – object or array of child actions to be executed within this action.

## Result options

1. **Successful retrieval:**

```json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveCompanyEmployees",
  "label": "company1Employees",
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
      "headline": "Manager at TechCorp",
      "location": "New York, USA",
      "then": { ... }
    },
    {
      "name": "Jane Smith",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janesmith",
      "headline": "Software Engineer at TechCorp",
      "location": "San Francisco, USA",
      "then": { ... }
    }
  ]
}
```

- `label` – included only if specified in the action parameters.
- `data` – array of company employees with results of child actions execution.
  - `name` – full name of the employee.
  - `publicUrl` – [public](/faq/what-are-hashed-url-and-public-url) LinkedIn URL of the employee.
  - `headline` – headline of the employee.
  - `location` – free-form string indicating the employee's location.

2. **Failed retrieval:**

```json
{
  "actionType": "st.retrieveCompanyEmployees",
  "label": "company1Employees",
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "type": "retrievingNotAllowed",
    "message": "LinkedIn has blocked performing the retrieval."
  }
}
```

- `label` – included only if specified in the action parameters.
- `error.type` – enum with the following possible values:
  - `retrievingNotAllowed` – LinkedIn has blocked performing the retrieval due to exceeding limits or other restrictions.