from Hacker News

There has been a lot of talk around layoffs for different companies, but these talks rarely mention the indirect ways in which companies are tightening the belt.

Some examples I've seen in practice from friends in various companies are: 1) Reducing the temperature in buildings to annoying levels to save on electricity 2) Smaller rewards budget 3) Extremely smaller budget for travel and sometimes having to pay part of the cost of going to conferences that advertise the company 3) No hardware refreshes unless you discover a large enough spider lair inside your laptop

What measures have you heard or seen around the industry to reduce costs indirectly?