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0 pointszaidf4y ago0 comments

In my opinion, the only useful metric is profit generated

We know by observing private equity that the easiest way to hack this metric is by doing layoffs until there is imminent threat of the business vanishing.

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dsr_4y ago

It's also not observable in real-time; often only quarterly or annually. That makes it really hard to make tactical decisions.

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0 pointszaidf4y ago0 comments

In my opinion, the only useful metric is profit generated

We know by observing private equity that the easiest way to hack this metric is by doing layoffs until there is imminent threat of the business vanishing.

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dsr_4y ago

It's also not observable in real-time; often only quarterly or annually. That makes it really hard to make tactical decisions.

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