Revenue per employee is a measure used to compare the labor efficiency of two companies in the same industry not as a way to judge how much revenue hiring a new

Revenue per employee is a measure used to compare the labor efficiency of two companies in the same industry not as a way to judge how much revenue hiring a new employee will add to your bottom line. Most engineers at Google almost certainly do not drive $50K/month in revenue for the company given that Google properties generate a hugely non-uniform distribution of revenue. While the guys working on say Android or Gmail for instance might be helping Google's brand, they are a very small part of their bottom line (at least now).