Louis Uchitelle's The Consequences-Undoing Sanity

Having a job is basically someones whole life, its one of the reasons we gave to get up every morning. In “The Consequences- Undoing Sanity” Louis Uchitelle argues that layoffs have a large psychological impact on a person. Uchitelle states that “Layoffs are destructive psychologically for the individuals who lose their jobs” (345). Uchitelle is correct in his argument because people in my own family have suffered a layoff and went thought the same negative problems that Uchitelle discusses in his essay. My grandpa and grandpa have both suffered a layoff or two, and it has many negative consequences. A career can define a persons self-worth, and when that is taken away from you its like a person is losing their self-worth. A layoff does …show more content…
If a person has the right mind set, it is definitely possible for everything to turn out okay. Like I said, it is possible for a positive outcome, Anaf states that, “We asked workers about the psychological implications of job loss and a small number spoke of positive changes. Two workers no longer felt the stress of uncertainty, another two were able to leave the poor working conditions in the foundry, two found new jobs immediately, and three spoke of flexibility and more time to spend with children” (Anaf). There any many different things a person can do to make a layoff easier to handle. If a person gets laid off, they can simply go find a job. People say that jobs are hard to find, but a even a simple part-time job is better than no job at all. Also, If a person happens to be financially stable, losing a job can lead to having less stress, and more family time, and thats a good thing. “Job loss usually involves a sequence of stressful events or stages, including anticipation through to actual layoff, job search, training, and finally re-employment…”(Anaf). While going though all these stages its best to have a positive mind set to have a good outcome of a job