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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 3654213" data-attributes="member: 35036">I think that a lot of those quitting right now are people who weathered the worst of things, and now that they’re a little more comfortable, looking for something different or better. I was listening to a podcast the other day that talked about how lots of people are leaving their jobs due to how they were treated during the pandemic. This is not the most accurate example, but I feel it describes the situation well. My girlfriend is self employed. She rents an office within a building with a bunch of other people who share her profession, and they’re supposed to benefit from it. Website recognition, help with difficult work, business development assistance from more experienced people. Kind of a bunch of independent employees working together to make their businesses better, while paying someone rent for their portion of the office used. Well, over the pandemic people stopped showing up to work and started working from home. All the benefits of working together so eased to exist. To top it off, the head of the office managed to get tens of thousands of dollars in gov assistance, likely because they counted these other office mates who were paying them rent, with no leniency for hardship, as employees to the government. Once my better half got through the worst of things, got her workload back up (she lost 60% of her clients the first week of lockdowns, and has spent the past year getting everything back), she started looking for a better office space. Found one. With cheaper rent, better office neighbors, and an office head that believes in helping out, as well as believing in sharing hardship through reducing rent if need be.people don’t quit jobs most of the time, they quit bosses. Going through financially tough times, an election, and  a pandemic has a way of showing you people’s true colors. If I am not mistaken, for the fist time in decades, a large part of Americans saved more and paid down debt during the pandemic. Those are likely the same individuals who worked through all this, and have the luxury of being able to take a month or two off and figure out what to do next. I don’t think this is everyone, or even a large percentage of the people quitting, but I think it’s a part of what we are seeing.</blockquote>

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