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600 people Holy smokes. I didn't know it was already that large. What are they doing with 600 people that they were unable to do with 30? I haven't seen anythi
by skylan_q 10y ago
600 people
Holy smokes. I didn't know it was already that large. What are they doing with 600 people that they were unable to do with 30? I haven't seen anything novel come out of there for a long time. Maybe Atom?
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoSales, marketing, operations and customer support would all need to add people as the size of your customer base grows, not just as you start adding new functionality.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoAnd you've got the masseur, the person who services the Foosball table, the smoothie chef, ... ;o)
- elliotec 10y agoSeriously though. I toured a startup nearby me and they literally had a massage therapist, barber, therapist, barista, and numerous other service workers employed and working at least 9-5 every day serving the ~50 employees, 30 of which were sales, 10 engineers, and 10 executives. As far as I could tell nobody used these perks that day. A guy even made his own coffee at his desk.
- matwood 10y agoUnless the company was swimming in cash a la Google or Apple, I would feel weird using services like those. Even if they had the money, I would prefer to just be paid more.
- justinlardinois 10y agoI imagine that due to economies of scale you'd be getting more value out of those services than you would from the equivalent cost to the company in pay. But that's only the case if you actually use the services and you would've paid for them anyways if they weren't provided.
- flukus 10y agoIsn't github mostly remote workers? The masseur must be racking up frequent flyer miles.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoMaybe a staff ASMR "artist".