Quiz re: layoffs
 

Just curious... How many times have you been laid off in your life?

(Either staff-reduction or company going bankrupt kind of layoffs. Does not include jobs that were seasonal or of short duration to begin with, or being fired.)

It just suddenly occurred to me to wonder how often it happens over time.

Zero. I've never left a job by a means other than quitting. When I was 18 I had a boss try to fire me but I talked her out of it.

I expected that streak to end when WaMu collapsed but for reasons I'm still not entirely sure of was kept.

Never happened. In the early 1990s I worked for a struggling small company and there was a company wide 10% pay cut, but that's about as close as I've come.

Not ever. I have had to lay off people, though. That is very tough.

One company I was with ceased trading, the other was a large American credit card company who closed down the section of the business in which I was employed.

During counselling, I was told the average wage earner starting in the workplace can now expect at least 6 redundancies in their career.

Never been laid off. Thought I was under the chop blade this year, so far so good.

Once from Mattel when I was 19 or 20.

Once, from my first job. I've survived 3 rounds here.

Once from a Company that had to cut personnel for financial reasons....I think I was 20 then.

1 1/2 times.

(The second time I was immediately rehired for a lower paying position with the same company.)