I work in cybersecurity and this is b.s. , they are including things like planned attrition and head-count based on the budget they have. Let's say you have a m

I work in cybersecurity and this is b.s. , they are including things like planned attrition and head-count based on the budget they have. Let's say you have a million dollars you extra after using up yiur budget, you ask for 8 more people in different teams so you won't get cut next year. You won't fill those roles but you still have the budget. There is also folks that think they need more bodies when they need to collect better data and automate. Also, when they say they can't get skilled people they mean they don't want to hire entry level and promote from within because they lack maturity and/or have terrible talent retention rate.