Well, the layoff post explicitly said that the company’s financial health was good.

Often embezzlement cases include crazy expenses.

Just put in my mind by the grift and corruption posts that are currently trending on HN front page right now.

haha my brain went like...

"ok.. but was it a party for all 9,000 people?"

"maybe they had great caterers"

... then I did the math. It's $7.5k per employee.

Clearly I'm just not creative enough to know how to waste money like an SV company.

you don't need to get that fancy dijon mustard. Definitely can cut down on the food bill.