http://www.fastcompany.com/member_recent_content/127034 Member recent activity block for member profile page en http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-4203 <p>I continue to be baffled by the massive layoffs that continue to happen despite experts telling businesses not to. I'd be curious to hear those who weathered the last few recessions weigh in. I wonder, if past recessions caused them to cut people in order to see an immediate impact on the bottom line, did they later regret the decision/end up paying more for those downsizing costs overall when the economy recovered?</p> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:31:48 -0500 Mary Lorenz 1150001 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-4204 <p>I continue to be baffled by the massive layoffs that continue to happen despite experts telling businesses not to. I'd be curious to hear those who weathered the last few recessions weigh in. I wonder, if past recessions caused them to cut people in order to see an immediate impact on the bottom line, did they later regret the decision/end up paying more for those downsizing costs overall when the economy recovered?</p> Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:27:49 -0500 Mary Lorenz 1150002 at http://www.fastcompany.com http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-850 <p>Agreed. Facebook is only just discovering the power of what it can do. Social networking, by design, is constantly evolving, and that means making mistakes and bouncing back from those mistakes. Facebook will be the first to admit they've made mistakes in the past, but they're constantly working to fix those mistakes and create newer, better ways to network. Stock may be down, but I think it's merely a sign of the times for businesses across the board and hardly indicative of a "burst".</p> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:56:13 -0400 Mary Lorenz 918473 at http://www.fastcompany.com