Sandy P. Yuen

Employment

Redesign your kitchen...or not...

I work for a very small business that makes customized mosaic tiling for residential and commercial spaces. After the bank troubles and housing bubble burst in September, we were predicting our continuing busyness with the rationales that (1) people would remodel their homes (with our lovely glass mosaics) rather than buy new homes and (2) new businesses (in need of unique decor) continue to spring up during times of recession.

While we still have many projects to work on, my bosses had to lay off 4 artists today. The bosses said sales calls were less frequent and that they're taking on projects with no profit margin just to fill payroll and pay the rent--"to keep the business going."

The studio feels much bigger now that there are less people, (nobody has to share a table anymore, it's great!) but the atmosphere was less playful and cheery.

35th street and 8th avenue New York NY