The Great Resignation, Explained in One Chart | WSJ

The American workforce is rapidly changing. In August, 4.3 million workers quit their jobs, part of what many are calling “the Great Resignation.” Here’s a look into where the workers are going and why. Photo illustration: Liz Ornitz/WSJ
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[@psyche100]

I'm 32 years old. This is the first time in my entire life that I can recall workers having ANY kind of leverage over employers. This is a big win especially for people who work in lower paying jobs. The cost of everything has exploded wildly the last few decades and salaries have been stagnant. Something had to give

[@davidgodchilla4413]

I am 50 and this is my first time in my life. Pay me a living wage enough to live in doors and watch me stay.

[@bencastro921]

Nah workers didnt win. Inflation wiped out those salary “increases”

[@stevepest4143]

It's not a win. You will pay the price in the end. 😂 In the end you will enslave yourself.

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

Keep pushing those Covid vaccine mandates and you will lose a majority workers remaining.

[@stevepest4143]

@@jadedbrad your statement doesn't seem to make sense I'm this context.

[@MrFacemeltify]

This is the free market at work. Employers are not entitled to labor, they buy it from the worker, and those offering the bare minimum are finding the bare minimum. People are done selling themselves at a loss.

[@ajaxgrac6547]

This one of the most relevant comments I've so far!!

[@blueskies5148]

very well said :)

[@cbarfoot8456]

This is a great comment and I have never looked at it that way but your absolutely right....

[@mikloridden8276]

@Roboman Yep you nailed it. Those who are luckier in higher positions are crying because they can’t find a slave to serve them food. They can go ahead and make it themselves 😂

[@Milomusic41]

Nicely said....workers finally have the upper hand....use it wisely.

[@singularityraptor4022]

Just pay and treat your employees/people well 🤷.

[@xpengfangirl7942]

What? are you a socialist maniac? In capitalism, daddy is the boss (china)

[@Justin87878]

Well, no wonder employees not returning and moving to other industries. Watch what she said in the video carefully.... if you want your employees loyal to you, treat them fairly.

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

I know small business owners that have had some of the same employees for decades. It’s really not rocket science.

[@29DPT]

Exactly

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

Crapitalism is doomed

[@ninadiamant8937]

We've been told countless times to save money for difficult times. Why can't companies do that as well? It's never their fault. It's always the workers'. Gaslighting and narcissism go hand in hand in modern day "succesful" complanies. Yeah, you're making tons of money at the expense of others.

[@HakmanTim]

its all because of the guilty elites in this world... we must stand up against them

[@CatholicNeil]

@@HakmanTim They are the spawn of Satan

[@jeremyc4811]

Definitely. As soon as business conditions weaken, firms start lining up for bailouts, zero interest loans, and special exemptions. And everyone starts griping about "saving small businesses". But when workers file for benefits that they've spent years paying in to, suddenly those workers are "lazy, entitled, freeloaders."

[@valsevenav]

@@jeremyc4811 You and @Nina Diamant nailed it.

[@badluck5647]

It doesn't seem reasonable for you expect small business owners to save enough money to not go out of business in case the government shuts them down month after month. Most corporations do keep more money on hand during economic uncertainty. Many of those who didn't, went into bankruptcy. Instead of pushing for your Communist class struggle, use some common sense.

[@Indian-cv6hq]

For once American workers are winning and I am loving it

[@curiousone6435]

It's only getting started and we've got a long way to go. Hang in there (keep fighting).

[@mikloridden8276]

@@curiousone6435 I have a good feeling about this(finally!) it’s going to hurt pockets higher up and magically they’ll be increasing wages

[@SnoopyDoofie]

Charlie Sheen: Did someone say "winning"?

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Yeah, winning because the government printed money, gave them all $600 a week, and caused massive inflation. Some win!

[@The_Babe]

@@mirzaahmed6589 that's not what causes inflation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5WVlJpqbLFrars

[@dmwalker24]

Isn't it ironic that when workers finally see even the slightest improvement in our situation, it had absolutely nothing to do with politicians, parties, or elections. It was just us, changing the way we interact with corporations.

[@stevebradley6492]

UNIONS UNIONS UNIONS

[@Dryblack1]

Preach

[@nenmaster5218]

@@stevebradley6492 Fun-Fact: I never saw such good Workerclass-Struggle and -Rights Coverage as 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' did. Fun-Fact-2: I will comment this very fact again and again because i CARE. I care about the Workerclass, so mistake me for a bot all you want, but dont ignore videos literally made form people like you FOR you!

[@mikey10006]

This is why you retain talent and don't randomly lay people off

[@xenorace]

Why do that when you can keep rotating workers at low starting wages. Meanwhile upper management and executives make more than a living wage for multiple families.

[@mikey10006]

@@xenorace because work quality goes down since no one can build experience and you either spend more higher an expert later or company profits go down. I pull out of company stock when I she stuff like that going on cuz I know it's only a short stock bump

[@fionafiona1146]

Next you'll point to the economic benefits of having high availability in well trained transferable workers, like with subsedised trade schools and colleges

[@mikey10006]

@@fionafiona1146 I honestly can't think of a single developed country aside from maybe Canada and America that doesn't do that.

[@fionafiona1146]

@@mikey10006 Australia gets ridiculed for importing highschool educated people, Poland or Rumania have brain drainage but I get that's fringe.

[@CaraMarie13]

Labor shortage? Jjjjj i crack up everytime i hear that. Like let's look at the salary and benefits, please... There is no labor shortage. There is a shortage of employees willing to put up with slave wages and disgusting treatment. Like we only live once. Are we really going to spend it being treated like s*** for 30+ years.

[@sph9564]

That’s what labor is Cara

[@nickgennady]

@Beyond Tribalism Well the south warned the north during the civil war that they would become wage slaves. Its not an oxymoron when you get paid so low that you have hard Time making ends meet.

[@nickgennady]

@Beyond Tribalism there different tiers of slavery and slaves such in Roman Empire still got paid but little. Still slavery.

[@Jeff-bd4gg]

@Beyond Tribalism unless you are independently wealthy, you are a slave. You might not be hunted down and murdered for leaving your “job” but you will become destitute. Your farce of freedom only exists in so much as you play nicely with the rules

[@Justin87878]

@@Jeff-bd4gg right on!

[@Green4CloveR]

It’s not a labor shortage, it is a wage shortage.

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

Lazy

[@brittgayle467]

@@TheNecessaryEvil because hard working people accept being undervalued?

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

@@brittgayle467 because when you artificially double the MW, jobs, hours, and benefits AND raises for experienced workers are cut. Wake up, kid.

[@gingy30]

@@TheNecessaryEvil Found the Boomer.

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

@@gingy30 found the coomer

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

What do you expect when you don't have compassion or a sense of responsibility for your workers.

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

And when HR is designed to protect the company and not the workers. UNIONIZE!

[@bluecasey270]

Maybe part of the problem is customers can be abusive to service and hospitality workers. You should be able to express your disatisfaction about a price or a service without resorting to yelling , belittling someone or acting like a psycho. People need to treat others as they wish to be treated

[@briannaberlin6851]

It's time we teach everyone to live by the golden rule! Treat others as you'd like to be treated. And if you're a weirdo who wants to be treated poorly, then live by the platinum rule-- treat others like THEY would like to be treated!

[@Dryblack1]

Yes, bad work conditions + low wages

[@jfyne03]

It's all fun and games with brain dead consumers until said consumers find themselves in those jobs

[@ianreed9571]

People are tired of employers demanding everything from you with giving little or nothing in return!

[@markwhittaker6866]

Agreed 100%.

[@bettymontgomery2400]

Why is there no listing of the number of jobs actually offering full time with benefits? We are calling them all jobs,but,what percentage are decent jobs?

[@nenmaster5218]

Fun-Fact: I never saw such good Workerclass-Struggle and -Rights Coverage as 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' did. Fun-Fact-2: I will comment this very fact again and again because i CARE. I care about the Workerclass, so mistake me for a bot all you want, but dont ignore videos literally made form people like you FOR you!

[@samius1149]

"Lost more workers" - they weren't "lost" they were betrayed and fired.

[@deandregary6539]

Workers are pawns in a game of chess.

[@jimk8520]

💯

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

@@deandregary6539 the the game of buying another yacht

[@awsomeness753159]

and died bc of the pandemic.

[@Mocatee1]

@@awsomeness753159 yep nobody is talking about the DEAD labor force 🤣

[@nickgennady]

My whole family calling these people lazy and saying "a job is a job". They don't understand that people don't want to be wage slaves.

[@useridcn]

People also need to understand that they really don't deserve much if they can be replaced easily and have no skill sets. Some people don't even deserve minimum wage.

[@brittgayle467]

@@useridcn I think this phenomenon is proving that they deserve minimum wage and more

[@Jeff-bd4gg]

@@useridcn supply and demand applies to employment just as much as anything else. If the employee doesn’t find working for a certain wage is worth their time, they have every right to move into something they feel is worth their time

[@gingy30]

@@useridcn You're a bit of a sociopath with that attitude.

[@useridcn]

@@brittgayle467 "they" deserve that or "their time"? If anyone can replace them, then it only mean people's time in general become more expensive.

[@JonathanTacoman]

There’s an extremely easy fix for all this labor shortage Buisness The solution is to stop paying people pathetic wages

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

And unionize

[@shineymcshine5026]

not just pay but the respect & empathy is much needed

[@fredfischer4418]

Why work make wealthy people richer. As a person with a disability u can’t make enough money to get off streets.

[@coachbeam3600]

Exactly. It’s not rocket science like these “economists” try to make it sound like.

[@igloozoo3771]

I would just fire the lazy ones and transfer those wages over to those who actually do work.

[@bryansmith1411]

Employers are being way too picky about who they hire. The ball is no longer in their court

[@JohnSmith-pf1vg]

This is a good thing. For too long employers have been taken advantage of their workers. Now is the chance for people to even the playing field and demand higher wages

[@MrFacemeltify]

Yup... people are over waiting 3 months to hear back about an entry level spot that requires a 4 year degree and 5 years of experience.

[@doomtomb3]

entry level in my field is like masters and work experience. bachelors and 8 yrs exp engineering and they wont even look at me.

[@elephantgrass631]

@@snowycatinseattle You hope all businesses suffer? What, you want the government to pay you?

[@elephantgrass631]

@Beyond Tribalism That's assuming someone wants to live in San Francisco. Yikes!

[@andreigusev9091]

This is worldwide now. Almost all my friends have either switched jobs or just quit during the last year. P.S.: I'm from Moscow, 24 y.o.

[@random-accessmemory9201]

I agree. This happens in the Philippines too.

[@justalex3828]

@@random-accessmemory9201 same thing happened too here in Indonesia at least in the area I live in

[@random-accessmemory9201]

@@justalex3828 Hi neighbor, yeah this is happening worldwide. I quit my job too. 😅

[@dmwalker24]

Workers of the World Unite! The more of us that stand together, the more force we apply.

[@jadenpark7943]

then who will do the most unwanted jobs? somebody had to for right price

[@nordinreecendo512]

Finally we're standing up against unfair treatment in the workplace. We're finally realizing we shouldn't be slaving away for minimal reimbursement. A job shouldn't be our life, it should enable our life. "We live for just these twenty years, do we have to die for the fifty more?" - David Bowie, Young Americans

[@brianjohnson6053]

👏👏👏👏👏all well and good to proclaim your high moral standing until the bennies run out, the rent, the light bill and THE CELL PHONE BILL is due and you have to get a job

[@ravinglibertopian3226]

Amen. That's my philosophy

[@hobomike6935]

@@brianjohnson6053 a job (1) won’t pay for those anymore. 2 or even 3 jobs are required just to meet those costs now, that’s the point he was trying to make.

[@norezenable]

The extra UI payments did practically nothing. Certain states stopped distributing the payments before the rest of the country and they didn't see any appreciable effect. I think the rising cost of living is what did these jobs in, particularly housing and transportation cost. If I need $18+ an hour just to afford basic living expenses, I just can't take a job that only pays $12 an hour. People can say, well, work your way up or learn a skill. Sure. But where is that $6 an hour going to come from until then? My landlord and car mechanic want to get paid this month. If I don't have a car, I can't make it to work. If I don't have a place to sleep peacefully, keep my clothes, and take a shower, how can I possibly keep a job?

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

Keep pushing those covid vaccine mandates and you will lose a majority workers remaining.

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Exactly.

[@joeldavis5815]

$18 a hour to afford basic living expenses? Where do you live? Try more in the mid-twenties range anywhere I've been lately.

[@illusion9423]

@@rejectionistmanifesto8836 Dealing with covid comes first. If getting covid was better economically than shutting the entire economy down, there wouldn't have been lockdowns in the first place. And the sooner people get vaccinated, the sooner people can get back to work

[@rejectionistmanifesto8836]

@@illusion9423 shutting down the economy was just to destroy the 100s of millions illion small and medium sized business world wide. Their first set of lockdowns succeed in destroying 10s of millions of businesses while keep the big box stores open with even bigger crowds more rightly packed in. Once you start seeing the purpose to have vaccine passports tied to social credit score and digital cash (ban on physical cash) then the lockdowns make sense whether it was for health concern by elites that kill millions yearly in wars/conflicts/created famine.

[@Chibling]

When house prices increase by 20-40%, lower paid jobs seem not at all worth it. Can't even afford rent.

[@christopherscheiber1439]

Thank you!

[@Ardour_of_A_Leopard]

Finally, more and more people are starting to realise they have been working for free all this time.

[@ajaxgrac6547]

I have to copt Noah's comment-it is so good!! "This is the free market at work. Employers are not entitled to labor, they buy it from the worker, and those offering the bare minimum are finding the bare minimum. People are done selling themselves at a loss."

[@Fister-kw5un]

You just failed basic economics. Govt closing the economy and giving $600/ week substitution isn't "free market".

[@TheNesbittExperience]

Truth! 💯 👏🏻

[@bloodwargaming3662]

@@Fister-kw5un yes govt giving 1.5 trillion dollars in tax cuts for the rich and 36 corps with more than Billion dollars in revenue pay 0 in taxes is also not fair

[@bloodwargaming3662]

@Beyond Tribalism leave it bro he is slanted trump ist

[@Starkada]

That's the perfect summary

[@litchips]

Any economics student will tell you that solution to a shortage is for price to rise to bring supply and demand in line. If there is a shortage it's because the price offered for labor is lower than it needs to be to attract it.

[@awsomeness753159]

i don't think it's a loss if motivation. people are still hard working, they're just unwilling to get paid nothing to do so. insulting pay offers coupled with inflation means people are looking elsewhere. can't pay people a living wage? the business deserves to suffer.

[@nenmaster5218]

Fun-Fact: I never saw such good Workerclass-Struggle and -Rights Coverage as 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' did. Fun-Fact-2: I will comment this very fact again and again because i CARE. I care about the Workerclass, so mistake me for a bot all you want, but dont ignore videos literally made form people like you FOR you!

[@peterrose5373]

You know that boiling frog analogy, about incrementally making things worse over time? This is what happens when you let the frogs out for a year, and then try to put them back in the pot.

[@somethingunscripted]

People are tired of the BS

[@whereisyourhumanity7557]

Show the video of the drivethrough customer who came into the restaurant and threw hot soup into the server's face. That's ONE BIG FAT REASON I'm retiring early. The public has gotten inhumanely and unpredictably MEAN.

[@christalcrawford6542]

Yes

[@aikofujita2420]

Wow! That’s crazy! I live in Japan and customers are more reasonable even though they are treated as king.

[@christalcrawford6542]

I work at a charity shop and I’ve had a woman wait on me after work to beat me up because I charged her adult clothing prices for the adult sized clothes she was buying for her 10 year old. I’ve had my life threatened over mask mandates. It’s insane

[@craigwillms61]

Agree. People are behaving terribly in public - especially drivers. Get off my a ss buddy, I'm already in the right lane!!!!!!!

[@JustinRohrerJr]

I’ve worked and quit 6 minimum wage jobs in the last year. Minimum wage jobs suck. The pay is low, the work environment is toxic, management is unprofessional. I deserve better. We all do. It feels nice that employers are suffering for making us suffer.

[@Dzanarika1]

Toxicity and unprofessionalism needs to stop immediately, otherwise it won't be good for anyone.

[@donnairn3419]

People lost their jobs so they got another job. Now things in the sector that discarded them are improving they now have a different more secure jobs. If an industry treats you as disposable why would you give up your new found security? Once people realised they were screwed over why would they line up to be screwed over again?

[@dragonsangel7777]

This worker shortage is actually a good thing. We are all human beings and it's about time employers learn that.

[@brianlinke1856]

It was not all that long ago most corporations thought they simply did not need workers...out-source as much as possible, turn the rest over to a soft-ware program, treat the remaining staff like 'yesterday's news paper'! I ready can't help but cry 'crocodile tears' for corporations that can not find the right talent or workers as they (the workers) head for the door.

[@mebeingU2]

As was said in the great spaghetti western, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, “If you work to live, why do you kill yourself working?!” It took over 50 years, but I think the American worker figured this out!

[@donnathedead7554]

How do you do a video on this and not mention the school closings? It made it next to impossible for parents to work for a solid year.

[@TheEvie202]

Schools are NOT babysitters, that’s why!

[@thebighurt2495]

@@TheEvie202 What else would they be? If the US' average grades are any indication, they're not very good at the Teaching People bit anymore. Lets be honest here, the school system is just a giant babysitter program with some education on the side. Grades are down, bullying and shootings (which are related to bullying) are up and things aren't getting better.

[@Joe-pb3bm]

Most of American employers have fostered a hostile toxic work environment for as long as I can recall (+ 40 yrs). It's not just exploitation. This was way overdue, & the writing has been long time on the wall. It's not 🚫 going to fix itself. People are tired of being part timers + unsecure in employment to company whims + greed. There is more entrepreneurship + *"side hustles." Many employed Americans have 7 yrs more academic education than their jobs + availability need.

[@inyu00]

kind of resembles a toxic relationship you don't know how bad it is till you take a break and realize how bad it was.

[@lighttheoryllc4337]

But if you are an Executive Chef or EMT Medic looking for a salary, you can't find one. The companies only hiring g for "cooks" for 12 bucks an hour. The companies don't want to pay. Wages are TOO LOW

[@robinsattahip2376]

Employees have absolutely no rights in most states. Bring back the protections, don't let businesses fire people on a whim.

[@eddynetweb]

Time to reform at-will employment and remove right to work.

[@robinsattahip2376]

@@eddynetweb Realizing that each actually means the opposite of what its name would infer.

[@eddynetweb]

@@robinsattahip2376 it was the only way they could frame the discussion to make it digestible enough to pass in the first place.

[@robinsattahip2376]

I was an attorney in California. Our Supreme Court called firing an older higher paid employee and replacing him or her with a younger lower-paid worker "a legitimate business practice."

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

You need Masters degree to be a librarian. Some of the easiest jobs now require degrees and they still pay chump change.

[@useridcn]

Because tons of masters degrees are like garbage. Having a master's degree doesn't mean the person is more capable, it only mean he/she may have more debt or rich parents.

[@cboy0394]

you’ve always needed a degree to become a librarian

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

@@cboy0394 and for that pathetic pay is the reason that it's BS. What's next a PhD for flipping burgers? Some of this jobs are ridiculous with what they demand and what they pay. Glad I chose the right profession

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756]

@@cboy0394 also learn some reading comprehension because you obviously missed my point the first time around

[@cboy0394]

@@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756 Do you actually know what a librarian does?

[@nathanngumi8467]

It is a great shift, for the first time in almost a century labour has an upper hand in bargaining over capital in USA. The gilded age of employers abusing their workers and getting away with it is over. Now any job will require good benefits and treating workers well.

[@nenmaster5218]

Fun-Fact: I never saw such good Workerclass-Struggle and -Rights Coverage as 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' did.

[@sonnyroy497]

Agreed.

[@Sophia-ix2ri]

Very disappointed to see the myth of extra unemployment benefits causing people to exit the workforce mentioned here. It was proven false - when those benefits expired it did not cause a return to work as predicted.

[@ehrenloudermilk1053]

I drive a forklift at a juice bottler and we have been at mandatory 5 shifts of 12 hours a week. Its ridiculous.

[@xijinbling2373]

"I am opposing any social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence".- Eugene V. Debs

[@coltonruscheinsky7863]

Nice. I like this Eugene V. Debs.

[@chumemofos1433]

at first read it would seem you would support communism. but that's exactly what you get in places with communism.. i guess we are all screwed regardless...

[@anonimonotyourfuckingbussi1461]

Look up distributionism

[@alintampa]

I wouldn't say it's one man who does nothing after all, if it is a business owner, that person provides jobs so I don't agree with his statement. but I do agree paying a decent wage for the job done, training long-term committed employees well and recognizing talent needs to be addressed

[@robertsontirado4478]

I’m a master Carpenter no one thought this skill was important this is why I have so much work and great pay.

[@sangramkale3243]

I am a mechanical engineer from India. I like carpentery. Can you tell me where to learn carpentery? How did you learn it?

[@corinnejarboe3281]

Gas-4.00 per gallon Milk-4.00 per gallon Wages- 9.00 per hour Work one hour to pay for gas and milk and a few essentials. This is Krap!

[@inyu00]

or work 1 hour for $15 now you can buy one subway sandwich

[@joeavent5554]

The American people are tired of being treated as serfs. October 1917 is around the corner...

[@enlvx10]

A majority of US companies have been running on minimum staffing prior to pandemic. Now that employee statistics are in the spotlight it appears like companies are hurting but in actuality companies are just missing the few that were doing all the work.

[@jerryskidlsd]

There is a LIVING WAGE SHORTAGE ,NOT A LABOR SHORTAGE! PAY A LIVING WAGE WITH BENEFITS AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO WORK! STOP EXPLOITING AMERICAN LABOR, AND TAX THE RICH EXPOITERS!

[@thenextlevel112]

Don't be stupid it's the vaccine mandate why people quitting

[@spacetoast7783]

@@thenextlevel112 Is that what labor force participation has increased since the vaccines have been approved?

[@ctzoomie]

Provide an employer a "in demand" skill and you will warrant a Living Wage. The minimum wage is a unskilled labor wage, NOT designed to raise a family of four.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

@@ctzoomie the minimum wage would be over $15.00 per hour if it were indexed to inflation, like it should have been. Millions of college graduates are in the working poor and have been for decades.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

@@thenextlevel112 Obviously, you didn't watch the video, since vaccines have come out the economy has added over three _million_ jobs. I'll bet you're a Trump voter.

[@breefinn2284]

Let's face it. Even when we had these jobs our employers, managers and team leaders didn't care whether we showed up or not. Favoritism, nepotism, competition, gossip and harassment. Always quick tell us what we were doing wrong and never what we were doing right. Always conveying the point that we were lucky to get the job and were easily replaceable once we had the job. Now they seem to be mad that we opted out and are not returning? Wow.

[@JKSSubstandard]

I was an employee of my old company for 8 years, I worked 90 hour weeks for them and burned myself out for them. Once ppp terms expired they dumped me while they had job listing open. They didn't think I was worth it. A year later, I'm Making 15k a year more than when I was with them, and they are being sold out to another company. Mismanaged. I'm going to guess there's a lot of mismanaged companies out there

[@MayankSingh-qg4zv]

we have to change this attitude of work is life........ work is not life, u work to live not live to work

[@HakmanTim]

facts

[@MrMartellSincere]

Based. I don't want to work for living

[@bernadettemchugh7334]

The outsourcing just continues. Very few companies are raising wages. They are even talking about outsourcing teachers. Bringing them in from poorer countries to teach and be grateful for the low wage. They are exploiting everyone.

[@marianhunt8899]

The workplace is truly terrible now. There is zero respect or care for workers. Employers consider them disposal and are happy to harm them physically and emotionally through long working weeks for minimal rewards. Shaming and gaslighting have become a common management tool.

[@travishaasch]

Many women left the workfield during the pandemic and still haven't returned.

[@longbeach225]

Stay home mom might be making a comeback.

[@useridcn]

There is still a shortage in childcare workers.

[@Handle70770]

quit my job about two weeks ago. Sick of the abuse from customers, sick of the abuse and lack of support from management and coworkers. Overworked, no extra pay, they pull incentives and say that the only incentive we need is to keep our job. FU I'm out 🖐 🎤

[@chumemofos1433]

well said

[@philipp3001]

Everyone I work with or people I know from other stores in the mall are so exhausted of working so much and so many hours. Every single store in Orlando right now is short staff and customer are so rude and mean. Sometimes I work alone in a store where we used to be a team of 6 or 7 at the same time and customers still don't care. Please be patient specifically now during the holidays workers are doing the best they can.

[@norezenable]

I would quit. You can get paid the same or similar doing jobs without customer contact or by doing doordash or ubereats.

[@maxcovfefe]

Staying competitive in business means paying a competitive wage to employees. This means employers may need to forego their massive bonuses in order to keep their operations from melting away for good.

[@shawnxu5082]

Interestingly now everybody is paying above $15 an hour without law maker raising minimal wage

[@TheAlchemist1089]

I heard some McDonald's are paying $25/hr

[@jerryrichardson2799]

@@TheAlchemist1089 Where, specifically? San Francisco, New York City?

[@TheAlchemist1089]

@@jerryrichardson2799 somewhere in NJ.

[@gocubs1815]

A psychology researcher on CNN a few weeks ago also inferred that trauma response experienced from the pandemic could be fueling everyone's desire to reasses their careers. Like, " just lived through a once in a century global crisis, why should I go back to getting yelled at by customers over the phone?"

[@Chemist2013]

What?! People are tired to be exploited and living on the edge for the rest of their lives?! How could it be ?! 😂

[@skyepicus]

When $30 an hour is not enough to buy a 1,000 square foot house. . . . There is officially no reason to bother going to work anymore.

[@alexsiemers7898]

@Donald Donald isn’t that the supposed “American dream?”

[@SquizzMe]

Film and Motion Picture industry? I don't ever wanna hear Hollywood preach to us about "equality" and "justice" ever again.

[@NextGenNetGames]

I was so afraid that I will be entering the market during a recession like in 2008. but in reality this is probably the best time to be a job seeker this decade.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Yea some jobs no longer exists since covid started

[@niconestra]

15 years self-employed. Whenever I visit my clients, I'm reminded my decision was a good one.

[@Dinngg0]

It's more than resignations, many employees are refusing to do extra work like they did before. They dare the employer to fire them for only doing one job. Good luck replacing them. See, there are two ways to get a raise: get more pay or work fewer hours. Both result in a higher hourly rate.

[@Vikinggirl1679]

Yep. I work at a group home and I love my residents but you do EVERYTHING! Cook, clean, activities, appointments, medication. Ok that's fine. That's all dealing with the residents. But they have us cutting grass. Snow blowing, doing vehicle care, etc. It's a lot. We save them so much money doing what a maintenance crew does but see no benefit

[@trevorweimer8793]

2020 US revenue 3.4 trillion 2020 US spending 6.5 trillion US debt roughly 30 trillion Average American makes roughly 30k a year and owes 90k Average American dies with 60k in debt Country’s screwed

[@RedElectric3]

I wish I had the freedom to "choose" what I want to do not what I have to do as far as earning a wage. I am stuck in the group of people that have no idea what I want to do with my life but I know I have to earn something to survive, a stark comparison to others I guess

[@xpengfangirl7942]

call elon, he saved china (free advice, but I want commission later)

[@pako128]

What about developing yourself as a better person, improving your financial situation, Having a family, raising your kids. Those would some good goals to begin with.

[@useridcn]

You only get stuck because you don't give yourself the condition to get out of the situation. If you did not start in a decent condition, work harder than others to develop useful skills and gain experience. Those are the things that can get you out, not blaming the situation or others.

[@gingy30]

@@useridcn You need to face more hardships. Maybe then you'll gain some empathy.

[@loki88_87]

I call cap. People all over Tiktok are talking about how much they’re applying to jobs & never getting a call back. I believe employers are adding roles to make it look like they can’t find people. As a result, they’ll be able to apply for PPP loan relief.

[@Sam-gs3ed]

People on tik tok are brain dead clowns finding a job is easy af rn

[@alexsiemers7898]

@@Sam-gs3ed consider how many people I know irl (NOT Tiktok) that are having the exact same issues, it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re being honest

[@corsayr9629]

It would have been easier to get their people back after the pandemic if they had not fired them in the first place. It feels like your report glosses over the fundamental shift in how people even view many of these jobs. They are no longer viewed as having an innate level of security in them as people have seen these jobs can see mass layoffs just like other industries. For many that illusion of security was the only factor that had them in these jobs instead of something with more apparent risk.

[@33Jenesis]

Every single fast food, restaurant, and dining place in my area has a help wanted sign on the window. I will retire in 2023 with no debt and good pension. I hope to get a part time job waitressing locally. It’d give me 10k plus steps, social contact, and free food at work.

[@ronpage101]

Perfect. What was not mentioned was the restaurant type jobs are not supposed to be career type jobs. They're perfect for students, and retired folks looking to supplement their retirement. Many think they should be paid more in these job positions, but they are wrong. Hopefully they are now pursuing jobs where they can truly have a career.

[@AiphosGaming]

@@ronpage101 so people that work at McDonald’s don’t deserve to have their basic necessities covered? I weep for Americans

[@ronpage101]

@@AiphosGaming Thats not what I said. These are not career jobs. Do you expect McDONALDS to pay a wage with insurance and a retirement package? Your hamburger would be $15.00 instead of $4.00. I saw a now hiring sign at one advertising $12.00 per hr. In my opinion, that is a fair wage for a worker at a fast food establishment. If you can make a living at that wage, go for it. Good luck. Don't weep. There are millions of jobs available right now that pay much more than that. If you choose McDonalds, that's your own choice. Quit crying.

[@robert2690]

@@ronpage101 Educate yourself buddy. Check how much profits McDonald’s is making. Their profits can afford to pay higher wages and still have menu under $1. Stop it. What you’re saying is stupid. Higher wages doesn’t increase the price of food. The reason why they increase price of food because they are too greedy and want more and more profits when they are making millions of dollars of profits every month. Stop it

[@ronpage101]

@@robert2690 Robert, You stop it. It is irrelevant what their profits are. These are entry level jobs. That's it. Nothing more. Only a fool would think otherwise.

[@hellentavora2046]

What should be added in this analysis is how much it cost to go to work;Transportation, food out-of-home, childcare, clothing, grooming, cosmetics, work related materials. A lot of those workers who are not coming back are the ones who just realized how much it cost them to go to work.

[@oarca]

I just posted a video about how I quit my corporate job to deliver food and live a simple life. I have since regained my time and freedom back... and I am more happier than ever! Sometimes all we need is a more simple life without all the stress and weight of the world.

[@andypotanin]

Could it be that consumers no longer want to pay for things like Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services??? Could it be that COVID had fundamentally changed what we (the consumers) pay for and those companies that "can't pay people more" are providing a service that is no longer needed?

[@frostbite3820]

I quit my restaurant job because I work to live, NOT live to work. Now I'm with UPS. MUCH better conditions all around from pay, to scheduling and benefits. Union power baby!

[@mukulsharma1464]

Better to be self employed, work out life in certain way for self. Rather than, be explicitly exploited by others.

[@jragon9215]

That’s the best thing to do

[@mimi1girl2dempsey3]

I'm a strong believer in self employment. Learn something then contract yourself out.

[@entertainment1443]

Their salary is not sufficient. I better invest my time on my health and wellbeing 😊🤩

[@arkasarkar3901]

username checks out

[@alex1vid]

I agree. But unfortunately education is usually needed for some higher paying, specialized roles. And money, depending on where you are, is still needed to survive... and even care for your mental health/well being. If it's changing jobs from a crummy employer to a better one, so be it. That makes sense and I have - zero sympathy for bad employers loaded with mentally unbalanced/toxic, ignorant 'managers'. But if it's quitting for the sake of not wanting to deal with something without a backup plan... well IMO that's just foolish. But these days many people seem to think life is like a fictional rom-com or film.

[@calmaschamomile1252]

Your profile pic matches this comment perfectly 😂

[@kcjones6034]

Yes but everybody fails to connect the dots. The United states is out of money, taxes are too high, debt is unrealistic, and family have no idea how to stay together because they start to blame each other for things they don't understand. Nobody has any genuine friends because narcissism is rewarded and "friends" are clients to be persuade into profit by any mean necessary. Rent is too high, and if you cant pay rent you are written off as lazy, although most people are working themselves silly for unrealistic wages compared to cost of living. We all have long spoons that we can't feed ourselves with but refuse to spoon some food for the person next to us in return for the same courtesy. Alot of people will simply starve to death because of straight up human ignorance.

[@Dan-ger82]

My wife has bachelor's degree and applied to dozens of jobs and no call. I have applied to a few jobs and nothing. Fortunately I still have my job but I'll take anything that comes along because it's time for a change.

[@emilianoruiz7681]

People finally woke up and realized they've wasted their lives in low paying dead end jobs. People want higher wages or else they'll move on to something better.

[@Alphidius]

Give minimum wages, get minimum workers lol

[@Rnankn]

You know what’s weird? Herd behaviour, resigning isn’t strange, but so many people at once is strange. I always notice because I make decisions and end up alone, isolated etc. Then at some later date the world seems to catch up at once. It’s like there must be some memo I never receive.

[@theburnetts]

I still don't understand how such a large number of people can continue not to work. It doesn't make any sense to me. I have yet to see a video or an article that really explains how such a large number of people (usually who worked in lower paying jobs) can just resign and then decide not to go back to work. Is everyone but me independently wealthy and can just take a few years off of working?

[@christopherscheiber1439]

You might be surprised how good some low wage workers who manage their money right can live. I remember once i attended an employee meeting in a nice outfit and nice gold jewelry. The manager introduced me as the dishwasher to a new assistant manager, they thought she was joking about me being a dishwasher! Later in life i was a room service waiter at a large hotel and pulled in over forty grand a year. So, agian, you might be surprised. ( a side note, i am also a formerly homeless person who now dons twenty five grand in jewelry, not counting what im not wearing!).

[@HeavymetalHylian]

"get a real job" "why aren't people applying at McDonalds?"

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

I am from Canada and I am trying take KZbin full time and quit my current job. The pandemic was so busy for me I had to take stress leave for a month or so.

[@Johanneslol11]

I work in IT and I changed employer but not job. However I can see lots of family and friends who are really changing job.

[@henri6595]

What do you do in IT?

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Nice I work in IT too

[@robertsontirado4478]

I remember going on a date with a women who worked for JetBlue I told her about a couple who was starving she said they didn’t prepare for the future. I wonder how she is doing today.

[@christopherscheiber1439]

Prabably prepared.

[@EchoSigma6]

My company rolled out early retirement packages at the start of this year and now we have a shortage of employees. It’s not an ideal situation for the industry and those that need our services.

[@NorthMountainFairy]

I’m surprised there is no mention of people who used lockdown to develop their own work independently after seeing how disposable they were to companies they invested themselves in for years.

[@luker7875]

Also 700k+ people died and I'm pretty sure a lot of them were still in the workforce.

[@philipjfry1383]

those 700k are mostly morbidly obese unhealthly and old that was not the "work force". Hey luke before you tout democrat talking points go google how many die from smoking every year thats a national pandemic.

[@luker7875]

@@philipjfry1383 Nah I'm just going to keep touting my anecdotal facts. Thanks.

[@Empress3587]

Barely have time for family or raising kids because you have to be a slave to a job

[@twilfits]

Economics of work outside the home include 1. Time/cost preparing 2. Time/cost commuting At least find a way to compensate for those expenses. It's a real number.

[@hellokittyninja5968]

I just went to a retail store today and you just dump you items into a bin and the check out was able to recognize all of them correctly. I just had to bag it and swipe my card. It was incredible. They had 1 person available to answer questions and address issues. But I think lots of low end jobs will disappear because of automation and lack of interested workers. This is forcing stores to full Amazon if possible.

[@hmofeurotas]

Americans realize it is not worth it, quit now ,,, get off the grid ... move in with family, get roommates.., grow your own food, reclaim things from thrift shops, garage sales, friends... barter.. let the billionaires buy and sell to each other... HEHEHE

[@Nygaard2]

America needs to get a work-life balance, right now you have a work-work imbalance, but no room for life.

[@anilraghu8687]

Business ignored workers' welfare. They tried to offshore all jobs and automate and reduce wages, increase working hours. Now the pandemic and political situation with China has limited their options. Automation has not been successful as exptected yet.

[@xpengfangirl7942]

kind of a dumb comment, when you know tesla and china are badass and taking the freakin world

[@ahastar1141]

My concern is these jobs never coming back. People hold out but then companies use the higher wages to justify the financial investment in automation

[@edlingja1]

I struggled for a few years, didn’t complete college, and eventually developed some strong common skills that got me permanently hired. Now I’m the star employee working as much as I can manage; essentially being the backbone of my organization. Hoping to buy in and improve my family’s standard of living in the near future. It’s all what you make of it really. The old “don’t need college” thing works for certain industries, I just so happen to be skilled in the one I like showing up for everyday and it’s put me in a pretty good position.

[@NHSSHINOBI]

A local Starbucks was closed on a Monday morning with a sign saying everyone quit lol. I wasn't even mad.

[@introvertsrock9843]

Also, employers looking for employees want prior experience & aren't willing to train

[@tylerdurden9161]

This is happening in EU countries too. In my country the government had risen the minimal pay and it is higher about a third then it was 5 years ago. Private employers started to pay better too. My concern is that in a few years things are going to be reversed and pays and some working conditions will be like it was before the Covid.

[@ahastar1141]

I am much more worried about those jobs never coming back and employers using the need to pay higher wages as a time push into automation.

[@anonimonotyourfuckingbussi1461]

Where is it?

[@nenmaster5218]

Fun-Fact: I never saw such good Workerclass-Struggle and -Rights Coverage as 'Some More News' and 'Second Thought' did. Fun-Fact-2: I will comment this very fact again and again because i CARE. I care about the Workerclass, so mistake me for a bot all you want, but dont ignore videos literally made form people like you FOR you!

[@youstolethecookie]

All the Republicans in the comment saying that if we raise MW then businesses will go out of business... to that I say if you can't afford them, you don't deserve to have a business.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Was recruited last Oct 21. Was lied to about a promotion. Left with one day notice. My boss was a baby and upset I left. Been in my field for 20 years. Covid made blue collar work a lot better. My new job pays for your college and your kids college. I was given a 7k tax free bonus and 2.5k tool allowance. I have the weekends off and work as much OT as I want. Any appointments I have. I don’t get harassed over it like before. We have a massive shortage for skilled workers. We cannot find another mechanic. Most guys are my age mid 40s. My wife works from home. Since Covid she changed jobs also. We have kids. I take my kids to the bus before school. After school my wife watched them till I get home. If school is out for a day or holiday. We don’t have to worry about child care. Before Covid. I worked opposite shifts then my wife to make things work….