Per parent's description, there was no reservation. It was just everyone doing their own thing. And having worked at a few companies that suddenly fell into or

Per parent's description, there was no reservation. It was just everyone doing their own thing. And having worked at a few companies that suddenly fell into orders-of-magnitude more revenue, it rings plausible. When the money hose is spewing, nobody spends much time asking "Why?" anyone is doing anything, as long as it's just shy (or sometime inclusive) of embezzlement.