Absolutely, it of course depends on the terms. But in my experience investments for that amount never involve a board seat and normally involve a smallish amount of equity so investors have no means to pressure companies into taking an A later if they don't want to. There is some expectation that you'll do something with this money and normally for early stage companies that means hiring people, but I've never heard of an investor strong arming an entrepreneur into hiring people when they didn't want to.

Where does your belief that they do come from?