Message #44589

[debby]

Since the economy took a down turn last year all salaried staff was ask to look for ways to conserve.

For me personally, I quit using the travel agency and started to book my travel directly with the airlines.  By booking my own travel for my staff, I was able to save the $40.00 ticket fee charged by travel agency.

I also saved money buy using "store branded" office supplies for such things as file folders,  post it notes, rubberbands, etc.  

I also started reviewing every invoice to make sure that items were being billed at the correct rate, etc.

Over the past year I was able to save over $500 just by these simple steps and yes I made sure that my immediate supervisor knew what I was doing and even wrote it into my yearly appraisal.