Chang You-tsai has noted that many of his coworkers were unwilling to start all over again after becoming unemployed, and they hoped to find jobs comparable to the ones they held before. But even if they find a good job, they get shunned by their envious new colleagues, and can get nothing done. They cannot feel satisfied no matter how often they change jobs.
張有財也看到，許多同事被資遣後，不甘心從頭做起，總希望能找到和以前條件一樣的工作；或是雖然找到不錯的工作，卻被一旁眼紅的新同事排擠，最後高不成、低不就，換來換去也總難滿意。