article_snippet: Being made redundant makes people less willing to trust others for up to a decade afterwards, according to a study.
article_snippet: Losing a job in this way dents trust so badly that even finding new work fails to overcome the problem, the researchers found.
article_snippet: The study found being made redundant made people less willing to trust others (stock image shown).
article_snippet: Even a single experience of redundancy can lead to depressed trust and what is particularly concerning is that people reported less willingness to trust others even after people got another job.
article_snippet: Responses from 1991, when the individuals were 33, were compared with responses from 2008, when the individuals were 50, noting whether the individuals had experienced involuntary job loss from redundancy, downsizing or restructuring in the period in between.
article_snippet: the individuals responses showed that at age 50, those who had been made redundant were 4.5 per cent less likely to express trust in others than those who had not been laid off.
article_snippet: To find out how long the effect of redundancy continues, the data was split into groups according to the age groups were laid off: ages 33-41 (but not 41-50); 41-50 (but not 33-41) and both 33-41 and 41-50.
article_snippet: groups responses showed that at age 50, those who had been made redundant were 4.5 per cent less likely to express trust in others than those who had not been laid off (stock image shown).
highlights_snippet: The study found being made redundant made people less willing to trust others .
  