Perhaps they're trying to deal with life's many stresses, like corporate layoffs, falling stock prices and global unrest.
The job market appears to be getting worse with each wave of corporate layoffs and university grant reductions.
His people talk a lot about downsizing and corporate layoffs, which have been and will be a fact of life in an economy that's dynamic.
People have not shaken off recent news of corporate layoffs.
Unemployment is at record postwar levels, with big corporate layoffs announced almost weekly.
The corporate layoffs, however, have not been the only recent negative publicity for the city.
Virtually every week brings news of large-scale corporate layoffs.
And the rise in corporate layoffs will not help consumer confidence.
NOT everyone, however, is prepared to accept the new reality of corporate layoffs.
"But it is also fair to conclude that global competition and corporate layoffs are weighing on job growth."