Workers Quiting Their Jobs Has Become A Global Trend

Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post: The 'Great Resignation' goes global 

In the United States, the phenomenon dubbed as the "Great Resignation" seems to be picking up speed. A record 4.3 million U.S. workers quit their jobs in August, according to new data from the Labor Department - a figure that expands to 20 million if measured back to April. Many of these resignations took place in the retail and hospitality sectors, with employees opting out of difficult, low-wage jobs. But the quitting spans a broad spectrum of the American workforce, as the toll of the pandemic - and the tortuous path to recovery - keeps fueling what Atlantic writer Derek Thompson has described as "a centrifugal moment in American economic history." 

Wages are up and businesses face staffing shortages, while the experience of a sustained public health emergency has prompted myriad Americans to reevaluate their work options.

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WNU Editor: I live in Canada and I have lost track in the past 6 months on friends and acquaintances who decided to quit their job for something else. 

And I am not alone. 

My brother works in the biotech field in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Half of his team have quit in the past three months because they just did not want to do this type of work anymore, and all the money in the world was not enough to make them change their mind. 

Ditto from what I am hearing in Europe/Russia/China/South Korea/and Japan. 

It seems the only people who are not in a rush to quit are those who work for the government.