by Limewater Sun Jul 03, 2022 4:13 pm
RCBH, your previous posts, such as the "team sports" thread, have implied that you are outside of the United States or Canada. Is the "Great Resignation" really considered to be a thing where you live?
Regardless, I think it's kind of mischaracterized, and looking at the anti-work subreddit doesn't give a great picture. Reddit is fully of echo chamber communities. When I have read the anti-work subreddit it has seemed that most participants don't believe anybody should have to work and everyone should have universal basic income which, yeah, is pretty political.
In the United States, at least, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics has the workforce participation rate right now at 1% lower than it was pre-Covid, and it has generally been climbing since an initial Covid drop-off.
https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htmA lot of people left the workforce at the start of Covid because they were old and retirement-age anyway, or they worked jobs in areas that were severely affected, or had extra stress, or had extra family commitments. A lot of people have left jobs during the "great resignation," but unemployment in the United States has been very, very low lately, with there being either two or four (I can't remember) job postings for every job seeker. People have a lot more options and negotiating power in their employment right now, so many have used that as a chance to move to other jobs.
The general job market has changed a lot compared to fifty years ago. Fifty years ago pensions were very common in the United States. Something like 80% of the workforce had a pension, which greatly incentivized company loyalty. Now that number is, I think, under 30%, so there is is generally less incentive for company loyalty.
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