[rondon2]

People can become illogical when faced with emotional scenarios. "If I loose my job my family/friends will think that I'm a failure". I was at IBM during a similar situations and it was people that were in the top 40%-20% that were the most worried.

[72deluxe]

Weren't they more worried about not being able to support their family instead of their "image" in the eyes of their family?

[rondon2]

Assuming their spouses' incomes wouldn't support their family, I would think so