'The big quit' as millions leave jobs in US - BBC News

There is no worker shortage. There is a wage shortage.

the last 50 years, employers made sure to constantly remind us how lucky we were to have a job. Now its time for the next 50 years where employers should realize how lucky they are to have us workers.

The right of workers to earn a living wage, have safe working conditions and live with dignity should always be respected and upheld.

People are tired of being called essential, yet being paid as if you're disposable.

Managers have seem to have lost human compassion and empathy. How could you threat someone’s job when their daughter may have cancer and miss peoples funerals. Simply unbelievable. Treat your staff right and they will stay.

The man who couldn’t go to his grandfathers funeral because of work and getting written up....that is offensive to the human race, his employers should be ashamed and I hope when they meet their makers they will have to answer to what they did to others on earth.

My heart goes out to all those people who weren't treated as they should be in those jobs. They deserve better and I'm glad they took steps to get themselves out.

Simple as this for me: I changed jobs after 20 months without being able to go home to see my family. The most important sentence I heard from the person who hired me at my current job was " There's nothing more important than health and family" I knew right there that he was the kind of person I wanted to work for.

This is one of the greatest things to come out of this mess. Don’t give your life to a company that will replace you tomorrow without a second thought

I quit my airport job for this reason, It was literally killing me. I run my own little store now, earn less but I am much happier and healthier.

I feel so bad for Josh. His grandparents… his daughter… that’s a lot to take in. I hope his daughter is recovering well.

I think one of the things that came out of the pandemic was people realizing the futility of working jobs that just don't pay the bills. If the option is to work and not be able to afford cost of living and not work and not be able to afford the cost of living then why work? A point of wage hopelessness and housing unaffordability has been reached that we are going to have a tough time coming back from. I work for a staffing agency hiring in one of these markets, and it's really tough finding people willing to work for even $25-$30/hr when the average house is over half a million dollars, and is snapped up by property management companies that can offer thousands cash above asking price to beat out "normal people" and then turn it around as a rental property for vacationers that is unaffordable for the local working population.

The old saying applies “people don’t quit jobs; they quit bosses.”

I walked off my job of 8 years this summer because I was simply being taken advantage of. My workload increased by like 4x and at times I was the only employee left, but my pay didn't increase at all. After a crazy week where I made the company a buttload of money and handled far more than I should, working 14 hour days, I got a bonus of 50$ in my check and a pat on the back. That was nearly the last straw. Employers profits are up and our wages are way down. Not to mention how the dollar has fallen in the past 2 years. I'm sick of it and I'm starting my own business. Ill never work for anyone else again. I'm not doing all the work while making pennies on the dollar.

The pandemic has changed people's values and actually brought us all closer together as a community despite the media, governments and social distancing.

He’s right I deal with customers every day and I almost feel like a therapist.

It's so funny to watch economists attempt to explain this "phenomenon" other than people just want to be treated like humans.

Wouldn't let him off work for his sick daughter or his grandfather's funeral?!?! Are there no laws in place for that? That's absolutely crazy.

God Bless you Josh. I too lost my best friend mother in 2020, and lost my big brother in Dec 2020. It hurts everyday.

After 16 years as a production Baker, I'm making the move into medical. It's surprising how much we tell ourselves we can't do something or a change is too risky, while other people can see our potential and will exploit us for 40+ hours a week.