My colleague and friend, Jeremy Nash, wrote a powerful paper on the first-hand reactions of those who have survived workplace cut-backs in light of the recent economic influences. Jeremy has been researching workplace survivors, interviewed them, and wrote the attached paper.
I think it’s an important contribution to the articles I’ve seen out there.
As a reader, you get to see actual comments made by survivors who are facing a host of challenges that are highly deserving of immediate attention.
Jeremy works with organizations looking to create a brighter, more positive future with their people, restore morale, and boost productivity. It’s hard for people to be inspired when they’re so overworked and little in the way of acknowledgment or investment is coming their way. Jeremy gave me permission to share this with you, and feel free to comment below!
“The workforce has been sliced into over the past twelve to eighteen months wtih shocking speed and depth. Though the pace has slowed, at its peak, several hundred thousand people per month were losing their jobs. This has placed a significant strain on those who have kept their jobs and the reverberations are still being felt. The reader will hear this directly from the mouths of workplace survivors themeslves in the pages that follow.
Survivors speak about how crisis communications were handled, and the fear, confusion and distrust that remain. They share about dealing with the loss of co-workers, and the challenges of managing their workload, accepting changes to the performance appraisal system and their views regarding compensation. The interviews reveal numerous stress points inside many an organization deserving of senior management attention. [To read the full pdf click below to download:]
Workplace Survivors
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