this is not dysfunction. As you yourself rightly observed, this company is incentivized to increase headcount. That's why all their structures and processes and

this is not dysfunction. As you yourself rightly observed, this company is incentivized to increase headcount. That's why all their structures and processes and culture is built around that. The better question to ask is why is the company's primary objective? Do they have have suga-daddy money where progress is measured in terms of headcount? Or does headcount matter to how their customers perceive them?