Amazon was one of the first high profile tech company to come out and announce plans for big layoffs to their workforce. As if not to want to come out first, and Amazon having cut the tension, other companies came out shortly after, including UPS with close to 50K job cuts. GM, Target and Paramount…
Couple of birthdays, a mini road trip, and two weddings—all within a span of two weeks. These events seemed determined to conspire against our wallet. Well, except that we had anticipated them months in advance and tried to factor them into our budget. Did we succeed, or did we mess things up? For the most…