Hiring and the subsequent layoffs isn't a bad decision, it is a strategic move. If you need to scale, you need lots of folks, even if the efficiency per person

Hiring and the subsequent layoffs isn't a bad decision, it is a strategic move. If you need to scale, you need lots of folks, even if the efficiency per person is lower, your scale is larger. Once you have achieved scale, refine and tune which involves cutting workforce and increasing workload of existing workforce, maximizing output per worker.