The Gauntlet

So yesterday, the recession gauntlet finally came down on the DDB work staff. For the second time since I've worked here, we had layoffs.

Layoffs really suck. I feel incredibly bad that one of my good friends at work got his pink slip. I even feel bad for the one creative that I truly despised that got laid off. He's got kids you know? He has to go home and have the, "what are we going to do?" conversation with his wife. How awful is that?

They just leave a sour taste in your mouth.

I hope that I never get laid off, but being that I'm in advertising, eventually I will probably run into it once or twice. That's truly scary.

- Andrew