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>>mef+(OP)
> The company counted an average of only 42 employees in 2023, down from 61 two years earlier. During the year, it generated $31MM in net revenue per employee (13-28x that of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft) and $15.5MM in operating profit (27-560x).

This is the wildest part. One company that is proving all the "why does <company> need 10000 engineers?" takes true.

>>paxys+7Yb
Revenue per employee isn't a useful metric here IMHO.

If Company A sells $100M of televisions which they imported for $95M they've made $5M in profit.

If Company B sells $100M of search ads which they served for $1M they've made $99M in profit.

From a revenue perspective they're equal - but $1M invested in Company A produces a 5% return on investment, while the same $1M invested in Company B has a 9900% ROI.

>>michae+9mc
The quoted section is about net revenue, which in this article means total revenue minus the payouts to creators. In other worse, revenue minus COGS. It's a valid comparison.