Further, there has always been a tradition for people in Taiwan to found their own small businesses. It is imaginable that many senior workers have taken their lump-sum severance pay and opened small shops or roadside stands, or bought cars to become taxi drivers, entering the ranks of the "self-employed."
除此之外，國人自己創業當小老闆的風氣一向很盛，可以想見許多資深員工領到一筆資遣費後，會嘗試開店、擺個小攤位，或是開計程車，成為所謂的「自營作業者」。