But once you've made a plan for "what if I get laid off," don't continue to fret about it in your head or talk about it to others, advises Dr. Lyubomirsky.
Plants get left behind when people quit, get laid off, and so on and many times coworkers just toss them out.
Federal employees' job security is so great that workers in many agencies are more likely to die of natural causes than get laid off or fired, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
But that's not what most of us tend to do. When we get laid off, we feel singled out and helpless.
Also, a number of women who have been at home, or working part-time, are returning to work when husbands or partners get laid off.
In the unfortunate case that you get laid off, do you think you would be more happy having started a business on the side or having spent your energy desperately clinging to your job?
Who among us hasn't seen a helpful, smart, hard-working person get laid off?
"People get laid off, families are hurt. Unemployment goes up."
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