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Burning through savings looking for another job, working part time, trying to start something of one's own, relying on family members, recognizing that one's me
by gress 12y ago
Burning through savings looking for another job, working part time, trying to start something of one's own, relying on family members, recognizing that one's mental health is at stake and no job is better than personal collapse...
There are lots of possibilities. Note that the uptick is relatively small. People don't have to be choosing rational or amazing alternatives. There just has to be a slightly larger percentage of people unable to handle the working conditions, and choosing any alternative.
- meat_fist 12y agoI hate my job more than anything I've ever hated. Every morning when I wake up I try to figure out if today will be the day that I call in and tell my manager that I can't do this to myself anymore. My therapist keeps begging me to quit. Ultimately I'm just too afraid of not finding anything else to quit without a new job. I guess it is nice to know that I am not alone.
- anigbrowl 12y agoThose possibilities all make sense at the individual level (I've had personal experience of several) but at the macro level the correlation with economic performance seems pretty tight. I'm having trouble buying the idea that negative reasons have taken over the trend. Nor do I think the uptick is especially small, it looks entirely proportional to me (bearing in mind that unemployment is a lagging indicator, and the financial crisis began in 08.