Revenue-per-employee becomes founders' new flex as AI shrinks teams
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-16
FinanceYF5 threads two AI-era observations: founders now brag about revenue per employee and tiny teams doing outsized business instead of headcount; meanwhile "personal software" is exploding as employees build their own tools — great for productivity but a nightmare for IT, since nobody knows what's running or who owns it.
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