Chen relates the story of Libin going to Costolo for advice on how to keep his quirky company culture alive as the company
head count grew rapidly.
Amazon's
head count grew 50 percent in the last year, to 230,000 full - time workers.
Total lawyer
head count grew by almost 400 lawyers to 3,745, meaning that DLA's revenue per lawyer rose by a more modest 2.6 percent to $ 600,000.
What is surprising is that the firm is getting bigger, with its attorney
head count growing an eye - catching 27 percent to 310 lawyers in 2011.
Because the firm's
head count grew more rapidly than its revenue did in 2011, Curtis saw a decline in revenue per lawyer of nearly 8 percent to $ 530,000.
Not exact matches
But it's a concept bigger businesses — those with
growing head counts and tangible assets — have had difficulty adjusting to.
Canada's tech ecosystem is in rare form, with companies regularly raising nine - figure amounts from investors, and lots of young firms overcoming early challenges to rapidly
grow revenue and
head count.
Loneliness might have multiple causes on the national level, but for accounting software company FreshBooks (full disclosure: I'm a happy customer), the root of their concern about employee disconnection was a happy fact of startup life - their
head count was
growing wildly.
«If you don't need it, put that money back into marketing, back into
growing the
head count and bringing on more people that can add more value,» he says.
Perhaps the fastest -
growing player in this space is Gener8 Digital Media Corp., which has made 100 new hires (doubling its
head count) since October and expects to hire 40 to 50 more by the end of March.
When Heath Shackleford was debating whether to expand the
head count at his Los Angeles - based marketing agency, Good Must
Grow, one of his first stops was a closed networking group for B Corp business owners.
As Elliott ramps up its activism to an unprecedented scale, it is also accumulating a
growing body
count of deposed executives — not to mention ousted
heads of state — who dared fight it.
But the analysis said overtime
grew despite changes in the police
head count, which dipped in 2012 through 2014, but climbed above benchmark levels in 2015 and 2016.
«City - funded spending will
grow 5.8 percent and total
head count is projected to increase to a record high... as the city continues to face challenges managing rising expenses related to homeless shelters and overtime,» the Citizens Budget Commission said in a statement.
The legion of social scientists, community planners, and businesses that uses data from the once - a-decade
head count of the U.S. population say it was an unreasonable demand given inflation and a
growing and more mobile population.
Its gross revenue has
grown 57 percent since fiscal 2013, while its
head count increased 28 percent and its profits per partner rose 43 percent.
Having undertaken eight «growth events» including mergers during the last ten years, our
head count has
grown from 45 barristers on one site in 2002 to over 240 today, across four cities in the north of England.
But because net income
grew — and because all the
head count growth came in the associate ranks — profits per partner continued to rise.
«It seems that from late 2013 there has been a
growing sense of confidence among companies in their ability to replace
head count and
grow teams where appropriate.»
Most Canadian employers expect to
grow their businesses in 2015 but intend to do so without boosting
head count, according to the Hays Canada Salary Guide.
Most Canadian construction employers expect to
grow their business in 2015 but less than half will boost permanent
head count, according to the fifth annual Hays Canada Salary Guide.