Comments on: Survey Says: Workers Are More Worried About Their Colleagues Being Laid Off Than Themselves

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By: homepage

homepage — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:50:23 +0000

That’s because everyone always thinks they do great work and will never get laid off, but my colleague might.

By: noobss

noobss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:14:52 +0000

The topic is ok, but the conclusions and the main point in the story is wrong.. its a simple statistical error, or market research error, by asking the question the wrong way. So at its core its garbage.

I don’t know what planet you are on.. we’re currently hiring (well funded startup in stealth mode).. and we recently had a potential employee whose first question was, what health benefits he’d have? Honestly we haven’t even thought about it ourselves at that point.. but having someone who just works here or one of the main motivations is health benefits.. just wasn’t what we were looking for – and quite frankly an indicator for a few other things…

Oh and I am in Tech and read TC and I am not in that same situation.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:59:02 +0000

The funny thing is, nearly everyone I talk to is worried about losing their job. All the time. Nice country to work in these days.
Sorry, forgot to add great post! Can’t wait to see your next post!

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:45:30 +0000

The funny thing is, nearly everyone I talk to is worried about losing their job. All the time. Nice country to work in these days.

By: cdner

cdner — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:06:08 +0000

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By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:03:37 +0000

Point taken about the statistics, but they don’t explain everything (see my comment above). There is some denial captured in those results as well.

By: Erick Schonfeld

Erick Schonfeld — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:02:31 +0000

Not exactly. That presumes everyone has an equal chance of being laid off.

The truth is that if one of those 4 people is deadwood and everyone else is working their butts off, the chances of that person being laid off is closer to 100%.

By: Rachel Burkot

Rachel Burkot — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:48:31 +0000

I think the reason for this is because some people simply cannot grasp that they might lose their job, so they think about other ways this economy might affect them – by losing coworkers who are also friends, for example. These people are in denial, but it’s hard to blame them. Something like a bad economy just doesn’t feel real until it hits you, and then it’s too late.

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The News: Tech Spending To Slip Some More « The Dice News Blog — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:31:37 +0000

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By: Libby Sartain

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:58:30 +0000

I don’t find this hard to believe at all. After many years in HR, I find that most people who are laid off don’t ever see it coming. Most people in general believe their work is valued and makes a difference.

Yet, people in the workplace can often look around and spot others who may not be pulling their weight or who may be redundant.

People tend to care about their co-workers as people and are concerned about others who may lose there job.

While most folks in the Silicon Valley aren’t so concerned about benefits and rely more heavily on the upside of stock programs, the the rest of the working world really relies on their benefit plans and their payck.

By: Rahul Agrawal

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:29:32 +0000

Difficult to believe. I am wondering if the number of people surveyed was large enough to make any meaningful inference.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:35:04 +0000

This has been mentioned in a comment before yours and there is no reason to bitch around like this.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:29:43 +0000

But the numbers don’t say anything like this. They just say that people think it is more likely that one or more of their coworkers gets laid off than themselves getting laid off.

By: Michael McGimpsey

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:29:19 +0000

I find this hard to believe.

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By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:08:04 +0000

I feel it is more because of the general feeling that their work is always better than their coworkers and they are more indispensable to the organisation than their coworkers…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:00:34 +0000

I couldn’t disagree more. This is a very good and pertinent topic indeed.

Most entrepreneurs and VCs don’t deal with paid time off or benefits or 401ks, but the working class do.

All of the people working in the tech industry that read TC are in exactly this situation, and just like the survey results, you NEVER EVER want to lose no deductible health and dental, EVER no matter what.

That’s what sets startups apart from real companies. That’s why it’s so easy to get a job at a startup and so hard to get a job at IBM or HP.

You dig?

By: noobss

noobss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:51:42 +0000

you know guys… I think we should ask techcrunch to just leave out the garbage and obviously dumb posts.. like this one… I mean the conclusion just can’t be any dumber.. and the fool’s day joke thing just doesnt quite work on this one… doesn’t it…

I’d be embarrassed…

By: noobss

noobss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:49:03 +0000

gosh what garbage… of course the probability is higher when asking if you (1 person) are being laid off.. vs. your co workers which can be 40 people… chances that one of those 40 is being laid off is A LOT higher even if I care a lot more about myself..

Its simple statistics that the probability is higher.. and your conclusion is simply wrong as a result.

This is statistics 101 – seriously… you guys really should try researching your posts a little bit…. or at least try to think about the stuff you write…. it would make a difference.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:27:40 +0000

Dental’s not worth it, but if you think it’s going bad, go get all the free dental care before the storm hits. Maximize your returns.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:26:13 +0000

One thing I learned, is to keep paying your old health insurance premiums even if you have 100% HMO coverage at work.

Because you never know if you’re going to need it, and if you lapse, it will be harder to get once you need it again.

Better to keep your own health insurance, just in case. I have a cheapo PPO vital sheild plan aside from the big bad policy I get with work. I keep paying premiums even if I never use it “just in case”

My 2 cents.