First tradeoff: training and tooling. If you go the "minimize the official headcount" approach... now you need to make your software systems and business proc

First tradeoff: training and tooling. If you go the "minimize the official headcount" approach... now you need to make your software systems and business processs operable by $random users potentially with different first languages, with little context or history with the company. That's gonna require some significant tooling investments compared to the typical 5-person-in-a-basement operation.