Americans are struggling with layoff anxiety: It's causing workers to 'burn out faster,' experts say

This just in: The threat of losing your job and trying to find another one in an economy where living is constantly getting more expensive results in an increased level of fear, anxiety, and deppression....

I was recently told my services were no longer needed. I was the lone supplier quality engineer for 30 plants where a majority of our suppliers were in Mexico and their English was limited at best. They hired someone in Mexico and got rid of me in less than a week.

For months, I told my boss I could not handle all the supplier issues our plants are having by myself. On a given day, I'd get between 70 to 120 emails with about a third of those being in English.

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

Classic feature of capitalism

My advice is try not to say the words "I can't" and "I won't" because those are now going to be keywords to suggest to your management that you're better off fired.

Gotta love how the "expert-approved strategies" don't even mention that you should unionize and stop thinking that workers' rights are "comunism".

Wilding suggests sprucing up your resume and reconnecting with your professional network so that you’re ready to hit the job market if necessary.

Oh good, more work (that doesn't pay). But hey, at least you'd get to spend more time peacocking shamelessly on LinkedIn to impress that Thiel-sanctioned professional network.

Actually, this advice works pretty well for anyone who is worried about their SO suddenly leaving. Might as well keep your physique and personality in top form while casually keeping the playing field passively curious...

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Not me. I have 0% layoff anxiety being unemployed and all.

Layoff anxiety burned me the fuck out years ago. Been part of multiple large layoffs.