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No Job, No Pregnancy
Tuesday, April 21, 2009,
Benny Thomas
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Bangalore: Married a year ago, Kumar and his wife Savita are techies
working with leading software firms in Bangalore. Last month, Savita
lost her job after her company decided to lay off employees due to
the financial meltdown. The couple have now decided not to have
children in the near future, fearing that they may not be able to
sustain their family with only Kumar's income.
There are also many personal sacrifices that the techies are making
these days due to the fear of losing their job. "Postponement of
marriage and pregnancy, which were already familiar with techies,
has increased due to job loss. There are many people who are also
aborting their child because of this fear", said Dr. Krishna, a
Psychiatrist in Bangalore.
The current layoffs in the IT sector led to higher level of mental
depression and anxiety among the techies. Now there are many who
take similar decisions. "They cannot digest the news that they have
lost their precious jobs, hence they are into depression and other
problems follow", said Dr. Krishna.
Sometimes, job loss acts as a catalyst in raising the depression
level that a person may already be facing. Illustrating this, Dr.
Hebbar of Apollo Hospitals says, "The patients who come to me are
not directly affected by job loss. They may be in depression because
of some other reason like death of a loved one, or love failure.
During such situations job loss makes them more depressed."
According to Hebbar, the family and friends of the person who has
lost the job may also get into depression. A techie who lost his job
recently said, "I am feeling worthless and distressed, but I am
trying to come out of this feeling."
Dr. Devakumar, a counselor in Bangalore says, "Some techies have
started looking away from the technology field to sustain their
life. Many patients have come to me very depressed, after they were
thrown out of highly paid jobs. They now want to join any job,
anywhere no matter what salary they are offered."
The numbers are escalating everyday and until the financial
situation improves, this problem seems to persist. Dr. Krishna says,
"The number of cases being reported has gone up drastically, it
might have doubled or tripled over the past year, thanks to
recession."
The time during the job loss can be used in doing something
productive that can be useful in the future rather than taking some
wrong decisions. "This temporary gap in their career can be used to
upgrade their knowledge, by studying new things, thereby helping
them to come out of depression", says Dr. Hebbar.
Accepting the current situation as part of one's life can also bring
in some respite is what Dr. Krishna explains, "They should be able
to accept failure as part of life and career should not be seen as a
very serious issue." According to Dr. Devakumar, during the time of
crisis, a person should wait patiently and take care of himself. |
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