[Apocryphon]

You must have worked at places with exceedingly good management, or not at startups.

[FrozenTuna]

If a company has experienced both boom times and recessive economic times, I think its "startup" status is arguable, depending on a few other factors.

[Apocryphon]

A startup can easily experience its own financial downturns and be forced to downsize, and make questionable personnel cuts during those times.