Now is not the time for organizations to be telling employees not to spend money, it should be a time to look hard at your process, staffing, etc. and determine the BEST way to improve the organization.  Improvement does not come by making easy choices, it comes from analyzing the best ways to work, produce, innovate and collaborate.  So lets talk about innovation, what happens when the recession ends...Those companies that have not discontinued innovation will take the lead, they will leverage the time their competitors spent reducing expenses in unnecessary ways and be able to leverage the upswing in the economy.