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Jun 14, 2021
10:47:06am

yerromnitsuj Contributor

It's an incredible time to make demands as a worker. It's never been like this.

I was able to negotiate permanent remote work even though there is a strict no-people-managers-can-be-remote policy. It had to go to the CFO for approval. And I'm not a big enough fish to justify needing CFO approval. So they take this policy very seriously. But I was able to get it.

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“The Great Resignation”: Upwards of 40% of workers are thinking about quitting their jobs

TCuz Disgraced Rules President

6/14/21 10:24am

And then bills begin to roll in and they get hungry and decide they like eating.

idcougarfan

6/14/21 10:25am

Or Democrats feel sorry for them and start mailing them checks

Carnac

6/14/21 10:28am

Not necessarily. There are more remote jobs being advertised. My wife has been

BNcoug

6/14/21 10:31am

We are currently in a labor shortage, the workers hold the power.

chago04

6/14/21 10:32am

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MrClark

6/14/21 2:42pm

Parents everywhere who thought they had an empty nest are going to be bringing

crack

6/14/21 10:33am

These are people changing jobs, not quitting work all together. Unemployment is

califcougar

6/14/21 10:40am

Pretty sure the assumption is that they’d get other jobs.

russkiejedi

6/14/21 2:53pm

Good for me…I need a change. Hopefully, opportunities will open up.

JohnnyC

6/14/21 10:25am

This right here is wild. Employers are in a sticky situation.

OPINIONS

6/14/21 10:26am

It's really simple. Just give people the work environment that works for them,

Mitty

6/14/21 11:04pm

Our site head quit because they wouldn't let him hire any new people after

Kauai

6/14/21 10:28am

I did look around and got a couple offers, but stayed.

paulb

6/14/21 10:29am

Percent actually quitting is at a decades long high. I do wonder how much is due

califcougar

6/14/21 10:30am

9.3M open jobs in US - time to stop paying people not to work.

crack

6/14/21 10:31am

There needs to be a job swap website for people like that.

zonacougar

6/14/21 10:32am

Just the beginning of it too. We have at least 3.5 more years of this. What

Ojiisan

6/14/21 10:34am

Why does that go away in 3.5 years?

chago04

6/14/21 10:35am

Hopefully the socialist in the White House goes away

elderyoda

6/14/21 12:29pm

I don't get it?

Clark Addison

6/14/21 10:46am

probably robots, if CB's predictions are correct. robots all the way down.

6/14/21 10:47am

We seem to be losing people, good ones too, on a daily basis

6/14/21 10:41am

I have had two job offers this past week. There could be a huge domino affect

jholling

6/14/21 10:44am

It's an incredible time to make demands as a worker. It's never been like this.

yerromnitsuj

6/14/21 10:47am

This is good long term. Will force employers to adapt to get the best employees. Short term gonna be some pains.

6/14/21 10:47am

Longer term gonna be some outsourcing and automation.

TailgateU

6/14/21 12:22pm

Limited in both cases. Because many jobs won't work for either.

6/14/21 12:33pm

I'm quitting because the parent company doesn't care about people, has no cultur

Cougarclaw

6/14/21 10:49am

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