Most people are laid off because of problems faced by the company, so there's no reason to get overly critical of oneself. At the same time, however, Ting does feel that a period of unemployment is a good time to take stock of personal strengths and weaknesses, and to ask: Why was I dropped while other coworkers were not?
丁志達更指出，失業者正可藉此「盤點」自己在職場上的優劣點，靜心思考：為什麼其他同事不被裁掉，而裁到我呢？