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0 pointsavrionov3y ago0 comments

Correct. The stock is up 5% this morning.

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Stock always goes up after layoffs. Hell, the stock goes up after _rumors_ about layoffs.

So, if you approach 0 employees asymptotically, the stock will approach ∞.

I sincerely hope this new thesis you've unleashed on the world is called the DeathArrow in business schools across the world.

Revenue (or profit) per employee is always the metric to use, where employee >= 1, since there is no use making 0.01 cents if there are 0 employees.

WhatsApp famously had ~50 employees for ~$16 billion in acquisition price.

What was their revenue though?

Let me guess. You work in crypto.

Limitless growth

give man a Nobel

brwck3y ago

Why stop a 0? If we can have negative interest rates, why not negative employment? Make employees pay you to work for them.

ghaff3y ago

I'm pretty sure that's a thing with certain types of internships.

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