It has become fashionable (at least in certain quarters of Twitter) to complain about “bloated tech companies”, filled with “lazy entitled workers” who spend their days recording “a day in the life of” TikToks instead of working. While there is an element of truth in that sentiment, it doesn’t capture the reality for most employees in over-sized organisations. Most people want to do their jobs well. Most companies don’t intentionally over-hire. However, there’s a universal law of organisational growth which states “the more you hire, the more you hire”
Why do companies over-hire?
Why do companies over-hire?
Why do companies over-hire?
It has become fashionable (at least in certain quarters of Twitter) to complain about “bloated tech companies”, filled with “lazy entitled workers” who spend their days recording “a day in the life of” TikToks instead of working. While there is an element of truth in that sentiment, it doesn’t capture the reality for most employees in over-sized organisations. Most people want to do their jobs well. Most companies don’t intentionally over-hire. However, there’s a universal law of organisational growth which states “the more you hire, the more you hire”