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Not really that crazy when you have 174,000 employees. A 20% increase in employees isn't really that high when you also have a 13% increase in revenue.
by chickenpotpie 4y ago
Not really that crazy when you have 174,000 employees. A 20% increase in employees isn't really that high when you also have a 13% increase in revenue.
- compiler-guy 4y agoProcuring 30,000 laptops is quite different than procuring 200 laptops. The logistics for 20% growth are materially different for a 100,000 person company vs a 1,000 person company.
- CydeWeys 4y ago> Procuring 30,000 laptops is quite different than procuring 200 laptops. Yes, you get a cheaper per-unit basis in bulk, and it becomes worth investing in larger scale automation to set up those laptops, so that the per-laptop cost of getting them ready for the employees is cheaper too. Economies of scale work in favor of larger numbers. A company that "only" procures 200 laptops per year won't even have a dedicated person for that job; if you're procuring 30k laptops per year you're going to have several full-time people whose only responsibility is working on and improving that process.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoDwarfed by the advantage of printing billions per quarter in profits.