"Cheap out, don't hire anyone, and you'll probably save money. But your company is at risk of collapsing if you get an event you hadn't planned for. Reputation

"Cheap out, don't hire anyone, and you'll probably save money. But your company is at risk of collapsing if you get an event you hadn't planned for. Reputation can vanish fast if you have an IT problem and customers can't get their stuff." Are you implying that Bezos and Amazon's investors are just dumb and don't think about the long term implications of their hiring practices? You can always short Amazon's stock if you're that confident. Maybe they did think about it all, and reached the conclusion that this culture and hiring practices will have a better return on the long term. It is far too easy to say what other people should do with their money...