>There is no reason for them to be trying to double in four years! Especially not in the midst of a global upheaval.
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>they knew that many of those people were likely going to be out of a job within months.

that's a lot of assumptions based on nothing but opinions, unless you're saying that you've got a clear idea of what the people that were hired were doing in the company.

I get it, layoffs bad - and yet, more people (not less) do have jobs thanks for those hiring sprees.

I see it as a net positive, you do you.