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by batmenace
1116 days ago
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Your comment supposes that it has to be extreme -- rapid growth or stagnation. Why do you think a responsible CEO / management team cannot plan for a 'moderate growth' pathway that sees steadier levels of hiring and firing more akin to what the rest of the industry shows? I wonder if for tech companies part of the answer is also that moving people around is an 'easy' way to play with numbers. You go to the market / to your investors and say ''Hey, we've hired 1,000 people over the last 12 months, we must be doing so well [give us money]'', and likewise ''We're gonna lay off 1,000 people soon so we're all good here [give us money]'' |
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They don't have a crystal ball. They study each possible conjecture, and then try to minimize risk maximize reward. Moderate growth might lead you to be eaten by a rapid growth. It's not a duality rapid growth or stagnation we are talking about. It's the risk of being eaten and left for dead in a competitive space.