Expansion is the meta, especially when the "recession" word is taboo. Stupid normie investors expect number go up when they give you money, and wasting their money hiring dead weight is considered "boosting shareholder value" in the increasingly retarded stock market.

I'm starting to understand why companies that actually care about their business stay private, or failing that, make the voting shares obscenely expensive, like Berkshire Hathaway's A-class shares.