The term #greatresignation is still going strong, with over 158 million views on TikTok. Narrative-like, in-depth videos across TikTok paint a picture of both dearth of compassion in the workplace and the accompanying stresses that thousands of employees, globally, have experienced. More recent research from consulting firm Randstad revealed that 56 percent of Gen Z and 55 percent of millennials would quit their job if it interfered with their personal lives. Job transitions among Gen Z are at 80 percent, on a year-to-year basis. Gen-Z, like millennials, are looking for jobs in spaces where they feel valued, both as a result of their learnings during the pandemic and an all-encompassing second look at what satisfying work should mean. "The pandemic pushed many people to new levels of stress and anxiety, so employers need to show both empathy and compassion." Leaders must take time to understand people's challenges, operate an open-door policy, and perhaps even provide paid days off to boost mental wellbeing," Mackenzie tells Mashable. "The pandemic pushed many people to new levels of stress and anxiety, so employers need to show both empathy and compassion. When employees can't sense this in leadership, their need to quit is undeniably propelled. Jamie Mackenzie, director at employee engagement consultancy Sodexo Engage, says that the pandemic fuelled a need for compassion and empathy. After her employers allegedly encouraged people to come into work despite testing positive for COVID, the TikTokker's personal tipping point was apathy over a family emergency. The post gathered over 1.2 million likes. Take, for instance, TikTokker who shared a two-and-a-half minute video in February seemingly just before she was about to quit her job. Looking for career advice? TikTok is here to help. Videos under this umbrella share similar features: namely, people explaining the working conditions that pushed them over the edge, presenting POV takes of their individual circumstances.
On TikTok, the hashtag #quittingmyjob has 121.6 million views. Posts range from being vulnerable, angry, painfully honest, and liberated. Over social media, a string of buzzwords related to quitting have taken over feeds.
#QuitTok: The great resignation goes digital Globally, the trend has trickled over to Singapore, Australia, the UK.and online. In February alone, 4.4 million people resigned in the United States. actually did leave their jobs voluntarily in 2021, the highest number of resignations cited by the Bureau of Labor Statistics since they started tracking such data in 2001.Ĭome 2022, and the movement hasn't shown much - if any - sign of slowing down. A whopping 47.8 million workers in the U.S.
Large chunks of the global workforce left for greener pastures en masse when it appeared their employers or industry were no longer the right fit. Dissatisfaction with management, working conditions, lack of a personal life - these were just some of the forces behind why people resigned in 2021. You've likely heard of " The Great Resignation", the term referring to a so-called (and largely unprecedented) wave of people quitting their jobs globally in the past year.