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> Further, those who left the labor force during COVID don’t seem particularly likely to come back, as most say they don’t want a job, and many are over 65 and
by EdwardDiego 5y ago
> Further, those who left the labor force during COVID don’t seem particularly likely to come back, as most say they don’t want a job, and many are over 65 and are likely permanently retired
Who was asked, and who did the asking to arrive at "most say"?
- a_bonobo 5y agoExactly! The data makes the opposite point. https://hbr.org/2021/09/who-is-driving-the-great-resignation https://hbr.org/2021/09/who-is-driving-the-great-resignation >Employees between 30 and 45 years old have had the greatest increase in resignation rates, with an average increase of more than 20% between 2020 and 2021. >Interestingly, resignation rates also fell for those in the 60 to 70 age group
- hammock 5y agoThat's not the opposite.
- throwawaygh 5y agoGP quote suggests on-time retirement (65+) while OP suggests not just not-retirement-age but actually prime-earning-age. Those seem pretty opposite to me? Anyways, raising a kid with two earners is too damn hard. That's what's really going on.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoYep, it's a bit crazy how most Western school systems I'm aware of are still designed like it's the 80s and every household has a parent at home full-time. E.g., school finishes early afternoon, large amounts of school holidays that dramatically exceed the annual leave entitlements of two parents combined, etc.
- makomk 5y agoThey're talking about two different things - one is about people leaving the labor force entirely, whilst the other is about people quitting their current jobs. Now, there might be some overlap but there doesn't necessarily have to be all that much because a bunch of people were made redundant earlier in the pandemic and some of them aren't going to return to working again.