Great Resignation

English Etymology en professor of management Anthony Klotz May 2021 1 -. Its coining was influenced by the precedent of en Great Recession (which was modeled after en Great Depression). Proper noun Great Resignation 1 en economics An economic trend from 2021 to 2023 in which many employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse and job-hopping was common. en Big Quit Great Reshuffle en November 5, 2021 Paul Krugman Wonking Out: Is the Great Resignation a Great Rethink? New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion/great-resignation-quit-job.html On the other hand, the Great Resignation — the emergence of what look like labor shortages even though employment is still five million below its prepandemic level, and even further below its previous trend — remains somewhat mysterious. subscriber-only newsletter https://web.archive.org/web/20251001031441/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion/great-resignation-quit-job.html 1 October 2025 en https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/great-resignation-myths-quitting-jobs/620927/ Three Myths of the Great Resignation 2021-12-08 Derek Thompson The Atlantic In fact, accommodation and food services, which has been hardest hit by the Great Resignation, has also created one out of every three net new jobs in 2021. Does that make any sense? Only if you think about this as a job-switching revolution. https://web.archive.org/web/20260816031213/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/great-resignation-myths-quitting-jobs/620927/ 16 August 2026 en 2022 The great resignation: A lifestyle choice or an effect of burnout? The Irish Times 9 There certainly is a ‘great resignation’ but we don't know if people are throwing in the towel because they are burnt out or because they are proactively taking charge. The truth is it's probably a mix of both. There are positive resignations and negative ones. August 20 John Perry Dublin en 2022 Shirley Leung Great Resignation? No, it's the ‘Great Rethink’ Boston Globe R29 His [Ranjay Gulati’s] research on how companies energize employees is even more vital during this era of the so-called Great Resignation. December 4 en 2025-11-17 Sasso Michael The Job Market Is Heating Up — for Jobs That People Usually Don't Want. Applications are up and turnover is down for jobs with low pay and tough working conditions w:Bloomberg News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-17/in-weak-us-labor-market-tough-jobs-are-in-high-demand The job-hopping days of the Covid-19 era, dubbed the Great Resignation, have given way to the so-called “low hire, low fire” economy. However, a recent rash of layoff announcements suggest companies have lost their fear of firing. While overall the jobless rate remained fairly low at 4.3% in August — the latest data available — those out of work are lingering in unemployment for longer. Almost 26% of unemployed workers that month had been out of work for more than half a year, one of the highest shares in a decade, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.