Makes no sense at all. Presumably whoever is allowing people to be hired knows what the revenue figures are? I suppose it's possible they thought there was som

Makes no sense at all. Presumably whoever is allowing people to be hired knows what the revenue figures are? I suppose it's possible they thought there was some sort of dam holding back business, which was about to burst, thus requiring loads of staff to deal with. But most people would just say "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" and allow a bit of queuing up of customers, rather than somehow hiring and training a bunch of people in anticipation.