Many laid-off workers become determined to find a job where "no one has the right to tell me to leave." Chang even convinced his son who this year took the college entrance exams to forgo National Taiwan University (often seen as the best university in Taiwan) in favor of National Normal University (which trains people to enter teaching, a stable profession).
由於一朝被蛇咬，資遣員工多半渴望安定，最好找一份「再也沒有人有權利叫我走路」的工作。張有財甚至說服今年考上大學的兒子，放棄台大而選讀師大。