> And employees were not more engaged prior to the pandemic. People quit just as often. Is that actually true about the quitting? But regardless, I don't think

> And employees were not more engaged prior to the pandemic. People quit just as often. Is that actually true about the quitting? But regardless, I don't think that really captures engagement all that well. You can be barely engaged in a job that doesn't require a lot from you and do it for years and years. And OTOH, I think engagement can sometimes cause people to quit more easily. If you want your work to be a meaningful and important part of your life, you want more from your job, and might leave readily if you're not getting all that you want. Compared to: if your job is mostly just a paycheck for you, you're not really looking to get much out of it other than that paycheck, and so are happy to keep working at the job even if it's not giving you other things, as long as nothing gets too actively bad.