Signals I’m Watching · Selected Sep 24, 2026 · A post of mine
A post by Dror Poleg
Dror Poleg@drorpoleg · Sep 15, 2026
The relationship between growth and employment is broken. Tech companies are growing rapidly. Headcount isn't. Some blame this on COVID over-hiring. But that wave was small and corrected within two years. It doesn't explain the massive divergence we're seeing.
Selected Sep 24, 2026
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Cite: Poleg, Dror. “The relationship between growth and employment is broken. Tech companies are growing rapidly. Headcount isn't. Some blam…” Signals I’m Watching, Sep 24, 2026. https://www.drorpoleg.com/signals/the-relationship-between-growth-and-employment-is-broken-tech-companies/