Our “health insurance” system has been nothing more than “employees can’t leave” insurance for employers. Even with that cudgel aimed at their heads, millions of Americans are saying “fuck this shit” and leaving their crap jobs.
As pandemic life recedes in the U.S., people are leaving their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility and more happiness. Many are rethinking what work means to them, how they are valued, and how they spend their time. It’s leading to a dramatic increase in resignations — a record 4 million people quit their jobs in April alone, according to the Labor Department.
If you are one of these Americans looking for meaning flexibility and/or happiness I salute you. Here is the same story as above but from Al Jazeera.
Workers in the United States are quitting their jobs at a record pace.
The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey – JOLTS – from the US Labor Department showed that the number of Americans quitting their jobs jumped to 4.3 million in August. That is 2.9 percent of all employed workers in the US, marking the highest quits rate on record.
