If I hire a telemarketer to replace a bookkeeper I have the same headcount. If I hire someone to upgrade my computers and have one less office worker I have the same headcount, if I hire a marketing person to prepare a marketing plan to replace an accountant I have the same headcount.
Sorry....that is not what you wrote:
“Upgrade computers, paint walls, start marketing and sales programs, business consultants, financial planners, inventors. Think outside the box. It’s a gift, if you can’t use it for employees use it for something else.”