Layoffs Pack Punch to ‘Surviving’ Employees

"Don’t expect employees who survived their organization’s layoff to work harder out of a sense of gratitude, report the authors of a new study. Three-fourths of 4,172 workers who have kept their jobs say their own productivity has dropped since their organizations let people go.

The findings are based on a Leadership IQ survey of workers who remain employed at 318 companies following corporate layoffs conducted since June 2008. (...)" By Kathy Gurchiek