But in the last decade or so, the employment market has been hit by shifts in Taiwan's industrial structure, such as automation and outward foreign investment. In recent years, moreover, many firms large and small, affected by lower than traditional rates of economic growth, have been laying off employees and closing factories.
但是近一、二十年來，台灣產業結構不斷調整、改變，如產業自動化和外移；加上最近幾年受景氣的影響，不管大小廠商都頻頻傳出裁員、關廠、歇業的消息。