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Companies like that don't usually hire 600 people in 12 months, though.

Buuut I guess they could. I guess it just kind of looks like the explosive hiring you see sometimes when a company has projected huge growth but then falls flat and realizes it has way too many employees :(

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>Companies like that don't usually hire 600 people in 12 months, though.

Maybe, are those 600 people there to fight fires and work on tickets, or adding product features?

Either they have a huge growth in number of fires, tickets, or features. None of those fit your image.

During holidays you see retailers hire to capitalize on the season. We should consider the same for startups, i.e. hire a bunch of people for a year or two to capitalize on the opportunity, then let them go. Everybody wins if it is clear from the beginning that when the well dries, everyone leaves.

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