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> Basically all software and gaming got a massive bump that was obviously going to have an unsustainable component to it. Well, this sounds logical and all but
by lesuorac 3y ago
> Basically all software and gaming got a massive bump that was obviously going to have an unsustainable component to it.
Well, this sounds logical and all but isn't always.
For example, Google's revenue/employee exploded during covid but it didn't crater post-covid [1]. So even with a hiring spree, the company is on the same track as it was pre-covid. You might need to layoff employees to get that same covid high but that covid high is the unsustainable part not your current employee count.
So some companies may have overhired compared to what their reveneue growth without covid would've been but not all did. You still need to evaluate companies on a company by company basis.
[1]: https://www.macroaxis.com/financial-statements/GOOGL/Revenue-Per-Employee https://www.macroaxis.com/financial-statements/GOOGL/Revenue...
- Jensson 3y agoControl for inflation and look at the chart again, and those numbers are after layoffs.