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AnonymousAndrew
I agree with you 100%.
But I will add that sometimes firms will stop looking for new business or not be as aggressive in pursuing it when they have a lot work on their books. The best firms make it a point of always keeping a steady flow of new work to reduce the rollercoaster affect of having to hire and fire employees.
I think instead of not looking for new work when you’re busy, maybe that’s the time to be more selective in the projects you go after. If a project is so big that it requires a firm to quickly double its staff, maybe that’s not the right project to pursue. There’s definatly a cost for bringing on new staff, purchasing work stations (as you touched on), training them, etc. and then laying them off.