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I guess it'd be more helpful to see a breakdown by employee type/duty. Stuff like Reddit/Twitter would be considered to be something that needs to be up 24/7 (b
by s73ver_ 9y ago
I guess it'd be more helpful to see a breakdown by employee type/duty. Stuff like Reddit/Twitter would be considered to be something that needs to be up 24/7 (by their users/investors/etc). That means either shift work, or a lot more people so you can rotate the on-call duties. When you're a fresh, new company, you can get away with having one or two people do that in perpetuity, but after you get VC funding or have been around for a while, those people are going to expect you to hire on more help for them so they don't have to be on call all the time.
- amygdyl 9y agoI think a classic reason for ever expanding head count, and in ZIRP era economy, valuations, is because management tries to end run failures of immediate objectives and keep trying more elaborate end runs. Yes, UberCab will be a fine multi city service if they have poured such subsidy into their operations, that every last competitor is bankrupt.