I work for a company you've never heard of that just laid off ~13% of their workforce. Not a tech firm. Not even a business that has frequent layoffs. The recession was probably the last time this happened. Later the same day, I wander off to a conference room where I find one my colleagues. I asked him how he was doing and he said, "the thing that bugs me the most is that a whole bunch of people just got fired and we're supposed to keep going like nothing happened."

I felt that. Something big happened. Layoffs like that basically destroy any trust that employees have in the organization. Not only do a bunch of people lose their jobs, they're often abruptly thrown out of the building. The ones who are left are left to wonder if they'll be next.

Zuck is going to have face the fact that once that bell has been rung, it cannot be un-rung.