I’ve worked somewhere like that. Our baseline requirements for concurrent users were based on the numbers required for the product launch team to maximise their

I’ve worked somewhere like that. Our baseline requirements for concurrent users were based on the numbers required for the product launch team to maximise their bonus. We never saw anywhere near those numbers in production, but I don’t really blame them - it was a big company and you do what you can to get ahead. A lot of money was spent on infrastructure that wasn’t needed but nobody seemed to care.