diff --git a/erpnext/hr/page/organizational_chart/organizational_chart.py b/erpnext/hr/page/organizational_chart/organizational_chart.py
index 3674912dc06..717b56138e5 100644
--- a/erpnext/hr/page/organizational_chart/organizational_chart.py
+++ b/erpnext/hr/page/organizational_chart/organizational_chart.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import frappe
+from frappe.query_builder.functions import Count
 
 
 @frappe.whitelist()
@@ -15,31 +16,34 @@ def get_children(parent=None, company=None, exclude_node=None):
 	if exclude_node:
 		filters.append(["name", "!=", exclude_node])
 
-	employees = frappe.get_list(
+	employees = frappe.get_all(
 		"Employee",
-		fields=["employee_name as name", "name as id", "reports_to", "image", "designation as title"],
+		fields=[
+			"employee_name as name",
+			"name as id",
+			"lft",
+			"rgt",
+			"reports_to",
+			"image",
+			"designation as title",
+		],
 		filters=filters,
 		order_by="name",
 	)
 
 	for employee in employees:
-		is_expandable = frappe.db.count("Employee", filters={"reports_to": employee.get("id")})
-		employee.connections = get_connections(employee.id)
-		employee.expandable = 1 if is_expandable else 0
+		employee.connections = get_connections(employee.id, employee.lft, employee.rgt)
+		employee.expandable = bool(employee.connections)
 
 	return employees
 
 
-def get_connections(employee):
-	num_connections = 0
+def get_connections(employee: str, lft: int, rgt: int) -> int:
+	Employee = frappe.qb.DocType("Employee")
+	query = (
+		frappe.qb.from_(Employee)
+		.select(Count(Employee.name))
+		.where((Employee.lft > lft) & (Employee.rgt < rgt))
+	).run()
 
-	nodes_to_expand = frappe.get_list("Employee", filters=[["reports_to", "=", employee]])
-	num_connections += len(nodes_to_expand)
-
-	while nodes_to_expand:
-		parent = nodes_to_expand.pop(0)
-		descendants = frappe.get_list("Employee", filters=[["reports_to", "=", parent.name]])
-		num_connections += len(descendants)
-		nodes_to_expand.extend(descendants)
-
-	return num_connections
+	return query[0][0]