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If you’re ready to leave, here are some tips on engineering a smooth exit.
Plenty of workers want a fresh start now, but a new gig isn’t always the answer. Here are things to consider before firing off a farewell email.
Covid has changed the priorities of millions of working adults around the world. As many countries are on their way out of the pandemic…
With new opportunities and a different perspective as the pandemic eases, workers are choosing to heave their jobs in record numbers.
The shiny new name for avoiding going above and beyond is being framed as shirking responsibility – really it offers a survival mode for…
employees are quitting instead of giving up working from home
The drive to get people back into offices is clashing with workers who’ve embraced remote work as the new normal.
These professionals took a career break and made it to the other side with new, better jobs. Here’s what they want you to know.
Millions of people leaving their jobs means millions of goodbye emails. Here’s how to write one that ensures you’ll be remembered—for the…
The workplace balance of power might be shifting back to employers, says the professor who coined the phrase, but workers have ways of…
We've all heard about the Great Resignation, as 4.4 million U.S. workers quit their jobs each month in 2021. But in some ways, the shift just as…
A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August. Some share their stories and an economist explains what this means for…
Quitting rates could stay higher than average for years, says Anthony Klotz
The man who coined the term ‘Great Resignation’ says some popular jargon is meaningless
There is growing concern that remote workers are offering their services elsewhere
People are no longer prepared to return to pre-pandemic ways of working. If pressed to do so, many may choose to quit instead.
While the Great Resignation implies people are leaving the workforce, a large swath of workers are simply reconfiguring what their careers look...
It’s hard to know exactly what to expect from work in 2022, especially with recent developments. Experts predict what we may be up against.
Plenty of workers are happy in their new positions amid the Great Resignation. But for some, hindsight is 20/20.
The Great Resignation was triggered by the pandemic – so why aren’t resignations slowing down now as it wanes?
These days, workers expect to exceed their job descriptions if they want to get ahead – or even keep their positions at all.
Millions of workers have quit throughout the past several years. In ways, resigning has become glamorous – though that’s not necessarily a…
A years-long period of record-high quits rocked the workforce in ways we couldn't have imagined. But the mass exodus is done, say experts.
For a term that’s all about quitting, people are having a hard time letting the “Great Resignation” go.
As American workers quit their jobs at a near-record pace, the labor shortage is more severe and persistent than most professional…
More people quit their jobs in 2021 than any year on record. Was this a result of the pandemic or a bigger shift in the workplace?
Untangling trends and meaning from national numbers can be difficult, and quitting is not an option to be taken lightly for most workers.
It's a viral language showing how workers are trying to hold on to the power they suddenly gained during the pandemic, workplace experts…
The pandemic forcing people to work from home has led to work hours leaking into personal time without clear boundaries. Workers and…
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has millions of American workers deciding that 2022 is the year to strike out on their own, quit their…
Washington Post editor and writer Dave Jorgenson speaks with Anthony C. Klotz, a workplace expert from Texas A&M University; Molly M…
Klotz, an associate professor of organizational behavior at University College London's School of Management, says the Great Resignation is...
Recent national surveys show that workers are leaving their jobs — or thinking about leaving — at record rates. As businesses and offices ...
Federal data shows a workers quitting their jobs in record numbers because they're burned out and hopeful they can find a better job.
In August 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs. While some people have left the workforce entirely, job security and better pay are top…
The first step you should take after deciding to leave your job is scheduling an in-person, phone or video meeting with your manager to…
But people who leave their jobs often make one mistake that can hurt their careers: burning bridges with their previous employer. Anthony…
Americans are quitting their jobs at record levels. In August, 2.9% of workers resigned to take new jobs or to stop working altogether.
Anthony Klotz coined the phrase "the Great Resignation." His next prediction: a wave of quitters returning to their previous employers.
As we enter the third year of work much changed by the pandemic, many workers will be considering how they can get the most out of…
In the era of the Great Resignation, remote work, and “quiet quitting,” general disillusionment with white-collar striving has gone mainstream.
Same place, different Zooms. People who have quit their jobs while remote working say it’s depressing and weird
When the Great Resignation is over, experts believe that the recruitment market will be overrun by boomerang employees
Quitters never win . . . unless, maybe, you’re leaving your job in search of a better way of living and working.
June’s numbers suggest economy is continuing to recover at steady pace – but another pattern shows people are quitting their jobs
Like millions of others, you want to quit your job, but have you really thought it through?
Employers cut back flexible job offers as economic downturn looms, survey shows
With the coronavirus pandemic easing in the U.S., experts say an unprecedented number of people are choosing to quit their jobs.