Survivor syndrome in the workplace is a psychological impact on an employee or employees who remain at the workplace and continue to be employed by the workplace after a layoff or downsizing of the company.
Survivor syndrome in the workplace involves having feelings of guilt, diminished self confidence and even betrayal.
These feelings often stem from the experience of witnessing colleagues losing their jobs while your job was spared.
The survivor syndrome in the workplace can cause depression, anxiety, difficulty concentrating and other negative effects.
To deal with survivor syndrome of the workplace allow yourself to feel your feelings and avoid bottling up the feelings and avoiding them to try and work through them and process them.
Exercise mindfulness.
Don't isolate yourself from other people.
Do something good and if needed seek professional help such as through talk therapy if the survivor syndrome of the workplace is still bothering you.