Research: Remote Workers Are More Anxious About Layoffs

March 22, 2023

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Workplace anxiety is on the rise. Starting in the fall of 2022, layoffs began in the tech industry and started spreading more widely. These cuts, paired with continued uncertainty about the economy and the future of work, have left employees understandably skittish.

Liz Fosslien is the coauthor and illustrator of the WSJ bestseller No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work and Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. She is on the leadership team of Atlassian’s Team Anywhere, where she helps distributed teams advance how they collaborate. Liz regularly leads workshops for leaders; her clients include Google, Paramount, and the U.S. Air Force. Liz’s writing and work have been featured by TED, The Economist, Good Morning America, the New York Times, and NPR.

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Sara Gottlieb-Cohen is a senior data scientist at Humu and an expert in using behavioral data to uncover predictive workplace trends. She previously led statistical support services at Yale University and holds a PhD in cognitive psychology from UC Berkeley.

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Research: Remote Workers Are More Anxious About Layoffs

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