“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
> Surveys show anywhere from 25% to upwards of 40% of workers are thinking about quitting their jobs.This number is meaningless without previous year trends. In my circles, everyone from 25-35 is simultaneously preparing to FIRE and no-one that's 35+ has actually changed jobs despite being 'financially independent'. Expressing intent to resign, and actually resigning are completely different things. (edit: to clarify, I mean changing jobs specifically in the context of making inroads toward the retire early portion of their goal. Changing jobs to increase compensation is as strong as ever)Real Translation: Covid has made people miserable in their jobs. The only way people can keep going is idle fantasies about a nondescript future date where this suffering ends.> Workers have had more than a year to reconsider work-life balance or career pathsIMO, over the last year, people have only dived deeper into their delusions and relative sense of privilege. Suddenly, having good health insurance, WFH 'flexibility' and a stable jobs are now being viewed as things to be grateful about rather than the norm for well educated and employable adults.> "Hopefully we’ll see a lot more people in 2022 employed and stable because they're in jobs they actually like," she says.Press 'X' to Doubt