Downsizing tends to increase employee satisfaction because employees' increased workloads make them feel more responsible and empowered.

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A growing source of dissatisfaction for many lower- and middle-level managers, as well as for nonmanagerial employees, is the threat of unemployment and increased workloads from organizational downsizings and layoffs. This decision obviously hurts the managers who are laid off, and it can reduce the job satisfaction levels of managers who remain.

Downsizing Tends to Increase Employee Satisfaction Because Employees' Increased Workloads