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So would everyone that ever created a business. Nobody grows headcount if they don't have to. Why be responsible for other people's livelihoods if you can make
by vasco 2y ago
So would everyone that ever created a business. Nobody grows headcount if they don't have to. Why be responsible for other people's livelihoods if you can make it work with less people? Just more worries and responsibilities.
- delusional 2y agoThis doesn't seem true to me at all. Humans are not rational drones that analyze the business and coldly determines the required number of people. I would be surprised if CEOs didn't keep people around because it felt good to be a boss. Facebook might be able to operate with half the headcount, but them Zuckerberg wouldn't be the boss of as many people, and I think he likes being the boss.
- ponector 2y ago> Nobody grows headcount if they don't have to. From my experience in corporations this is a false statement. The goal of each manager is to grow their headcount. More people under you - more weight you have and higher position you got.
- dsq 2y agoI think that once you have profit & loss responsibility that chanes.
- dsq 2y agoI think that once you have profit & loss responsibility that changes.
- fdgjgbdfhgb 2y agoThere is a difference between business owners (who don't want to spend money unless they have to) ans managers (who want career growth and are not necessarily worried about the company 's bottom line wrt headcount)
- 7bit 2y ago> Why be responsible for other people's livelihoods if you can make it work with less people? Because he is the fourth richest man on the planet and that demands some responsibility, which he refuses to take. He owns 162,000,000,000 dollars. Metas net income 2024 was 50,000,000,000 dollars.
- nkrisc 2y agoA manager’s net worth is not tied to the valuation of the company. They get their salary regardless.
- xenospn 2y agoI don’t know about you, but for me, one of the greatest joys in life is being able to hire people and give them good jobs.
- unnamed76ri 2y agoMost major corporations have increased head count in recent years when they didn’t have to via the creation of DEI roles. These positions might look good in the current cultural moment but add nothing to a company’s bottom line and so are an unnecessary drain on resources.
- unnamed76ri 1y agoAhh getting downvoted but no one has offered a counter-argument.