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Unions are not the salve for this. The great resignation is in effect an existential crisis for the working person. People are questioning their life values an
by s1k3 4y ago
Unions are not the salve for this.
The great resignation is in effect an existential crisis for the working person. People are questioning their life values and gut checking their work prospects against it and making a change when necessary. The pandemic was a watershed moment for everyone to kind of wake up and say, “is this right for me?”
- throwawaysleep 4y agoIs it actually a crisis of values? I rarely see talk of a crisis of values on any of these forums. Every time I see a forum discussion, it is about pay and work from home. We didn’t all move to the public service to make social services work great. We didn’t resign big tech by the thousands to allow solar startups to be slammed with applicants. We just all shuffled our current jobs because those who shuffled got stuff those who didn’t shuffle were refused.
- TurkishPoptart 4y agoYes, sort of, mostly because people were offered more money in unemployment than to stay at their jobs, which probably reduced the value of work itself in many's eyes.
- matt-attack 4y agoBut can someone explain how these people can afford to quit? I’d quit too if I was independently wealthy. What are all these kids doing to feed themselves and pay rent?
- MaxDPS 4y agoIt’s not just quitting. It’s quitting after finding a better opportunity. And there are lots of opportunities right now.