Editing Layoff (section)

===Effects of layoffs in the workplace===
Layoffs have remained the greatest way for a company to cut costs. Although from the employer's perspective a layoff is beneficial for the [[business]], layoffs create an uncertainty in the workplace environment and lowers other employees' [[job security]] as well as creates an apprehension and fear of [[Termination of employment|termination]] for the remaining employees, and subsequently lowers overall motivation in the workplace environment. According to ''Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations,''<ref name=Noer>{{cite book |last1=Noer |first1=David M. |title=Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations |date=2009 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-50015-6 }}{{pn|date=February 2025}}</ref> in the post-layoff environment, there is a need for empathy, tangibility, self-knowledge, and relentlessly seeking customers among the surviving employees. The remaining employees may have feelings of [[survivors guilt]]. In order to diminish negative effects of layoffs, Wayne Cascio suggests alternative approaches to layoff and downsizing as "Responsible restructuring" approach.<ref name="CascioResponsible">{{cite journal |last1=Cascio |first1=Wayne F. |title=Strategies for responsible restructuring |journal=Academy of Management Perspectives |date=November 2005 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=39–50 |doi=10.5465/AME.2005.19417906 }}</ref> Optimism is critical for rebuilding the workplace environment because employees look to their leaders for stability and predictability. No matter the position in an organization, employees will look for job security.