Title: Raw Var
Author: Carl Frederick
Company: Univ of Wisc-Madison

Raw Var		Question
b81q181		Can you please tell me more about why you were laid off?

Codes

  Individual Level
      
      01   Difference of opinion/Dispute with Boss/Supervisor/Office Politics 
      02   Pay/Age/Exp Level too costly - Replaced by Cheaper Employee (NOT OUTSOURCED)
      03   Replaced By Someone Senior/Better to R
      04   Disability
      05   Performed Below Company Standards/Could no longer meet Company needs
      
  Firm Level
      
      10   Job Discontinued/Outsourced
      11   Downsizing/Improve Efficiency/Dept Closed/Branch Closed
      12   Company Bought/Sold/Closed/Merged
      13   Budget Cuts - Govt Employees
      14   Budget Cuts - Non Govt Employees
      
  Economy Level
  
      20   Economy Downturn/Not Enough Work/Slack Business
      21   9/11 Cutbacks - Bad economy due to 9/11
        
  Other
      
      30   Contract Expired/Temporary Position
      31   I Don't Know
      32   Other

Guidelines
	Code the first reason they mentioned.
	
	If they say downsizing anywhere then code it as 11 - DOWNSIZING
	
	Code one time incidents at work as 05 - Performed Below Standards
	
If replace/tradeoff workers with/for machines/computers the code 11 "improve efficiency"
	
	Code 20 - if business was in financial trouble and not downsized
	
	Code 05 if laid off for full time workers