[tholmes]

Companies like that don't usually hire 600 people in 12 months, though.

Buuut I guess they could. I guess it just kind of looks like the explosive hiring you see sometimes when a company has projected huge growth but then falls flat and realizes it has way too many employees :(

[gerbilly]

>Companies like that don't usually hire 600 people in 12 months, though.

Maybe, are those 600 people there to fight fires and work on tickets, or adding product features?

[paulddraper]

Either they have a huge growth in number of fires, tickets, or features. None of those fit your image.

[rokhayakebe]

During holidays you see retailers hire to capitalize on the season. We should consider the same for startups, i.e. hire a bunch of people for a year or two to capitalize on the opportunity, then let them go. Everybody wins if it is clear from the beginning that when the well dries, everyone leaves.