Layoff Survivor Sickness

[pioneer]

“I’m told there is an ancient Chinese curse that translates into, “May you live an interesting life!” That is certainly true as we experience today’s global pandemic of downsizing. Layoff victims and survivors alike react to this new reality with a toxic stew debilitating emotions such as anger, fear, anxiety, and depressionâ€"what I call layoff survivor sickness. We can change that; we can reframe the death toll
of the old paradigm into a wake-up call that will help us create an exciting world of work that is more autonomous, personally relevant, and more in congruence with our unique gifts. - Breaking Organizational Codependence: Downsizing’s Liberating Wake-Up Call, David Noer