The more employees your company has, the less productive each of these employees are.

It is a generalization, of course, but a useful one and one that is confirmed by most people who have worked for growing organizations.

As the company grows, so does the internal processes and the layers of bureaucracy, and the time spent on communications grows rapidly.

It is, however, useful to look at the actual numbers.

How much does productivity decrease as the organization grows?

The answers are frankly frighting.