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This exactly. Though the buffs for aliens aren't too bad, I just had to do this because they were puny compared to your monstrous X-Com agents.
And yes, it's perfectly playable and finishable, you just won't be able to complete some subplots.
What am I supposed to do about it?
My answer to big teams is to complement them with dedicated support gals - with mortars, sniper rifles, medkits, etc. They won't be participating too much in a combat (often completely sitting it out on smaller missions), but occasionally they become very crucial and useful. So you'd have ~10 front-line gals to command and 3-4 support gals that will be mostly just moving around in the back.
This also helps to train them, as least experienced people will fight on front-lines to get most XP while veteran gals will stay back as specialists.
PS: But even back in days when we started with Bonaventura, I don't think I ever used more than 14 gals in a team.
For early game pogroms, here are my two tips:
* Kill enemies as quickly as you can (don't try to save ammo or take them alive unless you're really confident).
* Use civilians as cannon fodder. (If the enemy can shoot at something, they generally will do so. This allows you to use relatively small amount of cover very close to the enemy and still be in relative safety. They aren't going to walk around to corner to shoot you if there is something else to shoot already.)