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The 24 tech companies losing top talent at an astonishing rate

Job site Paysa released data showing which companies are losing the top talent in tech and engineering.

These companies are losing talent to the competition.

There are a ton of opportunities in the world of tech.

But not all tech companies are created equal when it comes to retaining top talent.

Job site Paysa recently released a report breaking down which tech companies were able to recruit and retain the best employees from April 2016 to April 2017 — and which struggled to keep the best employees on board.

Paysa tracks employee movements with its CompanyRank machine learning technology, which analyzes nearly 7.45 million points of data including résumés, job postings, and social activity across the past 15 years from 198,000 companies.

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An employer's CompanyRank score improves whenever someone joins the company from another top-ranked company and declines as employees leave and the company repopulates with talent from lower-ranked companies.

Here are the 25 companies that saw their rankings slide the most drastically this year:

24. Twitter

Founded in 2006, Twitter is a social networking platform.

2017 ranking: 34

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Percentage decrease since last year: 36%

23. Veritas Technologies

Veritas is a data management company that was founded as Tolerant Systems in 1983 and rebranded in 2016.

2017 ranking: 43

Percentage decrease since last year: 38%

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22. Palo Alto Networks

Founded in 2005, Palo Alto Networks is a network security company

2017 ranking: 17

Percentage decrease since last year: 42%

21. New Relic

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Founded in 2008, New Relic is a software analytics company.

2017 ranking: 138

Percentage decrease since last year: 44%

20. PayPal

PayPal is an online payments system that was founded in 1998.

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2017 ranking: 85

Percentage decrease since last year: 44%

19. Bloomberg LP

Bloomberg is a financial and media company that was founded in 1981.

2017 ranking: 88

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Percentage decrease since last year: 44%

18. Square

Square is a financial services company that was founded in 2009.

2017 ranking: 16

Percentage decrease since last year: 47%

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17. Qualcomm

Founded in 1985, Qualcomm is a telecommunications company.

2017 ranking: 94

Percentage decrease since last year: 47%

16. Google

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Founded in 1998, Google is a technology company.

2017 ranking: 3

Percentage decrease since last year: 50%

15. Optum

Optum is a business that operates through UnitedHealth Group, which was founded in 1977.

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2017 ranking: 132

Percentage decrease since last year: 54%

14. Here

Here is a data mapping company that was founded in 1985.

2017 ranking: 66

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Percentage decrease since last year: 54%

13. Expedia

Founded in 2001, Expedia is a travel website.

2017 ranking: 80

Percentage decrease since last year: 60%

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12. Slalom Consulting

Slalom Consulting is technology consulting firm that was founded in 2001.

2017 ranking: 74

Percentage decrease since last year: 61%

11. Intel Corporation

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Founded in 1968, Intel is a technology company.

2017 ranking: 108

Percentage decrease since last year: 66%

10. Epsilon

Epsilon is a branch of marketing service company Alliance Data Systems Corporation, which was founded in 1996

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2017 ranking: 141

Percentage decrease since last year: 72%

9. FireEye

Founded in 2004, FireEye is a cybersecurity company.

2017 ranking: 38

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Percentage decrease since last year: 73%

8. Wealthfront

Founded in 2008, Wealthfront is an automated investment service.

2017 ranking: 122

Percentage decrease since last year: 77%

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7. GoPro

Founded in 2002, GoPro is a tech company that focuses on action cameras.

2017 ranking: 84

Percentage decrease since last year: 79%

6. Dropbox

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Dropbox is a file hosting service that was founded in 2007.

2017 ranking: 13

Percentage decrease since last year: 86%

5. Nest Labs

Nest Labs is a home automation company that was founded in 2010.

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2017 ranking: 45

Percentage decrease since last year: 88%

4. Zenefits

Founded in 2013, Zenefits is a cloud-based software company.

2017 ranking: 210

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Percentage decrease since last year: 114%

3. SolarCity

SolarCity is a solar energy company that was founded in 2006.

2017 ranking: 188

Percentage decrease since last year: 121%

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2. Groupon

Founded in 2008, Groupon is an e-commerce marketplace.

2017 ranking: 143

Percentage decrease since last year: 127%

1. Coursera

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Coursera is a education technology company that was founded in 2012.

2017 ranking: 201

Percentage decrease since last year: 175%

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