Recession is a beach

Yes, I have been directly affected. I now have receding hair. The water in Namma Bengaluru is terrible - Hair Fall per Day is increasing at a hair-raising rate. On some days I go to sleep wondering if I'd wake up bald.

Somehow this whole recession thing doesn't seem to be affecting my waistline though. I really wish that Murphy guy hadn't existed, if it could've been his fault, then it would've.

Coming to the Point - I got laid off a few weeks back from, say, Vinidqustomerz Software Technologies(VST) , A [Dhoni's Initials] Gold Certified Partner. Basically VST had some trouble finding people to buy the software that it was developing. This could be attributed to a few reasons :
. Economic Recession - Anything these days can be attributed to this - the viewership of Roadies has gone up because of the recession (Cos frankly, there could be no other reason)
. When in India, Be Indian - Buy Indian - I mean buy like an Indian - And which Indian buys Software ??? - And considering VST shifted its focus to the sub-continent - D . O . O . M
. The product sucks , but the prospective clients don't know about it. Yet, they consider it as a possibility and think twice.
. The product sucks , and they know it.

So , obviously, some steps had to be taken. VST decided to change its cost structure and to facilitate that, lay off 12.5% of its workforce. That's right - one-eighth of the company was laid off ! (That, considering that the workforce is 48. The percentage can fluctuate largely if I missed the figure by a few employees.) Change in cost structure meant they had to shift to a more front-end sales mode than invest in further software development.

It isn't always sad when you get laid off. I've heard stories from my friends who've encountered similar fates at companies like Moon Microsystems and Disco and they must've been pretty pleased with the severance package that they received- Roughly 3 months anddd a laptop ! My expectations were somehow dashed when I heard I will get only one month - during which I must also work!! . . Work like I've never worked before. All of a sudden I had features to complete, bugs to fix. . which seems strange since while I was on the job, I spent most of my time doing this and this. That said, I've been blogging from office today :). Now, Coffee Break ;).

Watch this space for Part 2 of Recession is a beach - Applications - Naukri, Dragons etc, Tests, Interviews and everything else that a jobless person does these days.