So lemme get this straight. He put off the migration to a different back-end because they couldn't afford it. So then he moved or fired people to get the costs

So lemme get this straight. He put off the migration to a different back-end because they couldn't afford it. So then he moved or fired people to get the costs down... but still wants to do the migration, now with even less people to get the job done? Make a decision, dude. Either invest in the platform or not. Don't shrink the staff while increasing expectations of what they must deliver.