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sowbug on April 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bayer is getting rid of bosses and asking staff to...

It can work if the unit of currency is sufficiently divisible. Headcount often isn't.

(Also, headcount is more a rate of spending than a unit of currency. I want to buy some work from your team, not subscribe to it!)

xxpor on April 24, 2024 [–]

That likely depends on how exactly your org works. In my company, usually cross-org funded HC is permanent. It is expected though that you do whatever they ask for with that HC for ~3-5 years.

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