&gt; Quick off the cuff math, if you figure $200k all-in per employee, that&#x27;s $100mm&#x2F;year they&#x27;d save by going from 1000 to 500.<p>Your math is off by an order of magnitude. Twitter spends &gt;$100M per <i>quarter</i> on stock-based compensation alone. [0] Just what do you think Twitter&#x27;s major expenses are in &quot;Research &amp; Development&quot; (for example)? I guarantee you that employees are by far their number 1 line item (as they are for most tech companies).<p>Twitter&#x27;s Q3 2015 expenses were ~$500M. Do you really think that the majority of that wasn&#x27;t salaries?<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;seekingalpha.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2253623-twitters-stock-based-compensation-expenses-raise-another-red-flag" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;seekingalpha.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2253623-twitters-stock-based...</a>