Overcoming the Layoff Survivor Syndrome
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Every economic recession brings with it a wave of reorganization, downsizing, or staff reductions, necessary to allow companies to remain competitive. The impact on workers—managers and employees alike—who lose their jobs is commonly understood. But what is not commonly understood is the impact on the workers who still have their jobs. This latter group can experience “survivor syndrome”, a condition similar to what soldiers feel when they return from battle after surviving the war during which many comrades were lost.

If you have survived layoff periods in your company in the past 3 years, please proceed to answer the questions below.

Your answers will be used by Facilitator Claudia Gomez-Villeneuve in future deliveries of her workshop: "Overcoming the Layoff Survivor Syndrome: A Primer For Managers And Employees". Names and companies will remain CONFIDENTIAL.

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* 1. What emotions did you experience in the two months after the layoff? (Select all that apply).

Happiness, relief, gratitude

Sadness, heartache

Loss, anguish and grief

Anger, lack of motivation, frustration

Guilt, underserving

Other (please specify)

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* 2. If you had to participate in the layoff process, choose the role(s) that best describe your involvement (Select all that apply).

Human Resources directly talking to staff being laid-off

Human Resources helping with the process

Senior management of the staff being laid-off

The direct boss of the staff being laid-off

A colleague of the staff being laid-off

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How has your post-layoff office environment changed? (Select all that apply)

No change, business as usual

Change for the better, more efficient organization

Change for the worse, no one trusts anyone anymore

The office feels like a battlefield, extreme stress

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What strategies did you use to manage your experience in the post-layoff office environment? (Select all that apply)

Worked more

Worked less

Worked the same

Planned team building events

Planning to switch jobs to another company

Other (please specify)

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* 1. What emotions did you experience in the two months after the layoff? (Select all that apply).

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* 2. If you had to participate in the layoff process, choose the role(s) that best describe your involvement (Select all that apply).

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* 3. How has your post-layoff office environment changed? (Select all that apply)

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* 4. What strategies did you use to manage your experience in the post-layoff office environment? (Select all that apply)

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* 5. Testimonial (Optional)