If the staff are that well connected, they will be advised by the regime to quit as soon as the company starts to get in trouble, or even before they accept the

If the staff are that well connected, they will be advised by the regime to quit as soon as the company starts to get in trouble, or even before they accept the job. Sadly the authorities can reduce the number of staff at a "minimal office" (one way or another) faster than the company can hire replacements, especially if the company resorts to hiring politically-expendable staff who then feature in newspaper articles reporting on their unexplained defenestration.