<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The View From Your Recession: Checking Back&nbsp;In]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader writes:</p> <blockquote><p>You <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/the-view-fro-38.html">published</a> my tale back in mid 2009, so in keeping with the flow of your blog, here&#39;s an update:</p><p>The freefall of late 2008 &amp; early-mid 2009 seems to have abated. My company went from $10m+ in sales in 2008 to &lt; $2m in sales in 2009. We went from 14 full-time employees in mid-2008, to simply myself, with two former full-time employees working part-time hours, under-the-table, while receiving unemployment benefits. The two PT employees each sent out well north of 200 resumes in 2009---my operations manager received 2-3 different interviews, but all of them were basically for entry-level warehouse type help at ridiculously low wages. My receptionist received a few tepid responses, one interview, but neither of them received any job offers. </p></blockquote>]]></html></oembed>