Since the announcement of the economic downturn everyone has been on edge on whether they are going to cut people, services, special perks or eliminating departments or positions all together.

At my current company we had some lay offs here and there, lost some clients, had some people move on to other companies and so forth, but now I am starting to notice other little changes that are starting to be made to cut back and save money. You may laugh at some of the minor things that I began to notice that the company cutback on but these were Tell Tale signs to me that the company was going through major changes.

Now one of the perks of my job was that we receive free breakfast every morning which consisted of fresh bagels, muffins, cereal, yogurt, cereal bars, hot chocolate, assorted teas and more. I was very happy with this perk because I didn’t have to scramble for breakfast every morning because I knew it would always be there waiting for me. I began to notice that the bagels and muffins were not as fresh everyday and where being frozen and put back out for the next day. I knew the recession was serious when we switched to generic brand products the kitchen was full of them. The yogurt and cereal bars were no longer in the kitchen, the Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, and Celestial Seasonings were now American Choice Frosted Flakes, Raisin Brand and the tea was now a generic store brand as well.

This was just the beginning of the cutbacks that I began to see. I began to take notice to more and more things and I began to notice that even the building owners began to cut back on certain amenities as well. The other day I went to use the bathroom and I took notice to the tissue paper and the quality of it, it seems as if they no longer were using two ply and went down to 1 ply. I knew the recession was serious when I had to now double up on the 1 ply to make it 2 which is a waste because now I am using double the tissue paper I was using before.

I also noticed that the cleaning people do not take the garbage bag when they dump the garbage instead they just dump the garbage out and leave the old bag there, the only way I can get them to take the bag is if I tie it up. I knew the recession was serious when I had to throw my lunch in the kitchen garbage to keep the flies from circling my desk and the scent of old turkey sandwiches away.

One of the biggest things that was missing this year was our annual off-site where everyone from the company meets up, gets to know each other and just takes a day to relax with each other. I knew the recessions was serious especially when we didn’t have our yearly outing my fingers are crossed that we will be able to have a Holiday party at the end of the year.

But I on a different not this recession is really serious, many individuals are losing their jobs, homes and families due to it and I just wanted to put a spin to it to give everyone a good laugh.

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