Recession woes

I work for a big company, the office I work in has 300+ employees..
Even though they made profits last yr of about 700Mil, this year they are suffering.
Some people here have left and/or been laid off.

I am lucky so far but my hours have been dramatically cut back. For example, today I was supposed to get 5 hours and I have only been here for one hour and I am getting sent home!!

However, I still rather have a job with crap hours than no job at all.

I do believe the economic situation will begin to correct itself. But I still feel somewhat worried. no job is really safe anymore. Thats why its more important now more than ever to save, budget, have varied sources of income.

When we get out of this, we will hopefully take new skills and beliefs with us...