Being a layoff survivor can have you reevaluating your relationship to a job. But don't quit without asking yourself some key questions.
In this way, layoffs are destabilizing events that have long-term repercussions for your career. Career experts told us how layoffs can be a shock to your system, in both good and bad ways.First off, if you are having strong feelings like guilt or happiness after a layoff, accept them rather than fight them. “Give yourself time to cope with the sudden departure of colleagues,” said Lisa Orbé-Austin, a licensed psychologist who focuses on helping professionals manage their careers.
“[Research] found that layoffs targeting only 1% of the workforce subsequently led to a 31% increase in voluntary turnover, on average.”In her 1997 memoir “,” software engineer Ellen Ullman wrote about how layoffs at a software company where she thought she would “stay forever” permanently changed her relationship to work.
“Layoffs are linked to several perceptions that are tied to turnover likelihood, such as heightened mistrust, increased concern about job security, reduced job satisfaction, and lower commitment to the organization,” Trevor told HuffPost.
Someone still needs to do the work. 'You, you lucky survivor (2008) will have to absorb the work of those we have just laid off.'. The rule of cost cutting - It only works in an Employers mkt. If the job mkt is buoyant staff won't stay to be taken advantage of.
Who the fuck could work everyday in that space?
Is this picture representative of American cubicles?