The Great Resignation, Explained in One Chart | WSJ

The American workforce is rapidly changing. In August, 4.3 million workers quit their jobs, part of what many are calling “the Great Resignation.” Here’s a look into where the workers are going and why. Photo illustration: Liz Ornitz/WSJ

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[MrFacemeltify]

This is the free market at work. Employers are not entitled to labor, they buy it from the worker, and those offering the bare minimum are finding the bare minimum. People are done selling themselves at a loss.

[psyche]

I'm 32 years old. This is the first time in my entire life that I can recall workers having ANY kind of leverage over employers. This is a big win especially for people who work in lower paying jobs. The cost of everything has exploded wildly the last few decades and salaries have been stagnant. Something had to give

[GreenCloveR]

It’s not a labor shortage, it is a wage shortage.

[singularityraptor]

Just pay and treat your employees/people well 🤷.

[ninadiamant]

We've been told countless times to save money for difficult times. Why can't companies do that as well? It's never their fault. It's always the workers'.
Gaslighting and narcissism go hand in hand in modern day "succesful" complanies. Yeah, you're making tons of money at the expense of others.

[Indian-cvhq]

For once American workers are winning and I am loving it

[CaraMarie]

Labor shortage? Jjjjj i crack up everytime i hear that. Like let's look at the salary and benefits, please... There is no labor shortage. There is a shortage of employees willing to put up with slave wages and disgusting treatment. Like we only live once. Are we really going to spend it being treated like s*** for 30+ years.

[dmwalker]

Isn't it ironic that when workers finally see even the slightest improvement in our situation, it had absolutely nothing to do with politicians, parties, or elections. It was just us, changing the way we interact with corporations.

[mikey]

This is why you retain talent and don't randomly lay people off

[samius]

"Lost more workers" - they weren't "lost" they were betrayed and fired.

[bluecasey]

Maybe part of the problem is customers can be abusive to service and hospitality workers. You should be able to express your disatisfaction about a price or a service without resorting to yelling, belittling someone or acting like a psycho. People need to treat others as they wish to be treated

[ianreed]

People are tired of employers demanding everything from you with giving little or nothing in return!

[mugglescakesniffer]

What do you expect when you don't have compassion or a sense of responsibility for your workers.

[bryansmith]

Employers are being way too picky about who they hire. The ball is no longer in their court

[nickgennady]

My whole family calling these people lazy and saying "a job is a job". They don't understand that people don't want to be wage slaves.

[JonathanTacoman]

There’s an extremely easy fix for all this labor shortage Buisness
The solution is to stop paying people pathetic wages

[andreigusev]

This is worldwide now. Almost all my friends have either switched jobs or just quit during the last year.
P.S.: I'm from Moscow, 24 y.o.

[litchips]

Any economics student will tell you that solution to a shortage is for price to rise to bring supply and demand in line. If there is a shortage it's because the price offered for labor is lower than it needs to be to attract it.

[nordinreecendo]

Finally we're standing up against unfair treatment in the workplace. We're finally realizing we shouldn't be slaving away for minimal reimbursement. A job shouldn't be our life, it should enable our life.

"We live for just these twenty years, do we have to die for the fifty more?" - David Bowie, Young Americans

[peterrose]

You know that boiling frog analogy, about incrementally making things worse over time?
This is what happens when you let the frogs out for a year, and then try to put them back in the pot.