MecuryNews reports that Adobe has asked employees to take paid vacation days this week as it is closing its North America operations for the week. This comes as the second week the offices has closed this year, with a third week looming sometime later in the year. This is in addition to the normal time the offices are closed for holidays.

The closing comes as a way to save Adobe money in the global recession. Adobe also announced it would lay off roughly 600 workers in December.

I’m a little shaken as it’s the first real news I’ve heard of software engineers being hit by the poor economy.