[mempko]

If this was true, the big tech companies would be the most optimized. Maybe efficiency isn't the biggest factor.

[winrid]

Power is the biggest factor. Efficiency helps. I bet they're more efficient than most people think, it just doesn't scale linearly.

[darth_avocado]

Most optimized company would have 0 employees and only shareholder value.

[nradov]

In principle it's possible to have a company with no employees and all work done by vendors / contractors. But in practice this usually turns out to be less optimized than having at least some regular employees due to transaction costs. Organizational optimization is always a balancing act.