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.

Let me guess. You work in crypto.

Limitless growth

give man a Nobel

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