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re: The labor shortage - Great Resignation - do you know people who have quit?
Posted on 1/12/22 at 11:42 am to Count deMonet
Posted on 1/12/22 at 11:42 am to Count deMonet
People are realizing the rat race based on consumerism is bullshite. There are more people looking into homesteading and off grid living than ever before.
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Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:07 pm to Count deMonet
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Is it all just hospitality, restaurant, and lower paying jobs?
No, there are major shortages of police, teachers, and EMTs.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:18 pm to Odysseus32
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I'm about ready to check out of this world. Not suicide, but just go away from all of this. .
Same .
Southeast Asia is looking really good to me.. Depending on which country, your dollar can go as much as five times further, there are tropical locations with beautiful beaches, and even more beautiful women.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:20 pm to dbeck
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People are realizing the rat race based on consumerism is bull shite.
This is key…. I have been in the process of becoming more ‘minimalist’ for a while, collecting ‘experiences and not things’.. but the pandemic has accelerated this for me, and made it even more clear that accumulating ‘stuff’ is not the answer.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:40 pm to dbeck
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There are more people looking into homesteading and off grid living than ever before.
I know two families who have done this and a few others who are talking about it. People are sick of living their lives out staring at a computer or a phone. And also all of the political and social rot going on in this country.
Oh, and the two families that did it are the happiest people I know now. There is great freedom in disconnecting and breathing the clean air!
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:49 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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I moved to Austin 6 years ago to be closer to job opportunities. Last year I got a new job that’s fully remote with a Bay Area company. Now I’m wondering if it’s worth staying in Austin or to cash out on my appreciated house and move back to the gulf coast. The freedom is incredible.
I'm selling a house in Chicago and moving to Louisiana. My industry is moving from 70% travel to mostly remote.
Can't wait. Going to be so much closer to family.
This post was edited on 1/12/22 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:56 pm to Palantir
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We have become way too dependent on being slaves to the workforce.
Amen. I can't tell you how many 65-70 hour weeks I had during the first half of 2021 trying to meat deadlines while we continue to cut resources.
My wife works 33 hours a week and has a 5 minute commute. This new job won't ever require more than 45 hours, and I got a 32% bump.
Take your life back.
This post was edited on 1/12/22 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 1/12/22 at 12:59 pm to Count deMonet
We don’t need to work anymore. Just stay at home, get your jab, wear a mask and do your shopping through Metaverse using your EBT card.
No need to work or go outside anymore.
No need to work or go outside anymore.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:01 pm to Count deMonet
I quit my job in June 2021, but that was to take another job with a 45% pay bump six miles from my house vs 35 miles one way each day
Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:14 pm to thegreatboudini
quote:I can't tell you how many times just on this site alone where people are 'bragging' about working 60-80 hour work weeks, as if it makes them superior or something.
I can't tell you how many 65-70 hour weeks I had during the first half of 2021 trying to meat deadlines while we continue to cut resources.
Rather than bragging about slowly killing yourself through stress and exhaustion, perhaps you should be questioning why are you even having to do this in the first place?
It's sad man, and people just eat this shite up as if it's a good thing to be worked to death.
This post was edited on 1/12/22 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:20 pm to shallowminded
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Customers/ people as a whole are turning into assholes. People have lost the concept of situational awareness, and being told no is not in their vocabulary!
This and I’m frustrated with lack of direction. Of upper management. I’ll be 62 this year and I don’t think I can take much more. If I was turning 65 no doubt I would be out of the labor force for good.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 2:08 pm to Count deMonet
they are quitting for higher paying jobs, whether in the same sector or not.
I'll be joining that crowd later this year, after I "retire" from my current company (taking all the benefits that come with that).
Unless of course they wanna pay me another 20%. That's the problem, I like who I work for tremendously and can easily see myself staying w them until I fully retire in three years.
I'll be joining that crowd later this year, after I "retire" from my current company (taking all the benefits that come with that).
Unless of course they wanna pay me another 20%. That's the problem, I like who I work for tremendously and can easily see myself staying w them until I fully retire in three years.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 2:27 pm to Count deMonet
I know some that quit to take care of their child. They started back this week tho.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:35 pm to MoisterOyster
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What industry?
Tech
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:52 pm to Count deMonet
We had two people quit immediately after Christmas.
Both were mid-20's and BOTH had zero employment lined up prior to resigning
When asked they both said they were confident that things would "line up" for them...
WTF
Both were mid-20's and BOTH had zero employment lined up prior to resigning
When asked they both said they were confident that things would "line up" for them...
WTF
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:56 pm to Count deMonet
Just had someone assigned with a significant task on one of my projects inform me at the start of a weekly meeting that he has put his two week notice in. That's really the first in my immediate circle, although someone I worked with on another completed project moved on to a regulatory agency last year.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:03 pm to Count deMonet
There’s also been a not insignificant jump in homeschooling because of all the prog bullshite and parents just finding out they enjoyed time with their kids.
Many years ago when I worked in retail, several people also worked retail to supplement income with another job and/or spouse’s job. Even a retiree worked part time retail to supplement because he had young kids still.
Except service industry as a whole sucks due to bad managers, mostly awful corporate poops, many horrible customers, and thieves.
I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that many of those types simply decided not to go back to crap jobs in crap companies as part time work.
Some got a taste of not being made to feel like human excrement every shift and enjoying being with their kids or grandkids.
Many years ago when I worked in retail, several people also worked retail to supplement income with another job and/or spouse’s job. Even a retiree worked part time retail to supplement because he had young kids still.
Except service industry as a whole sucks due to bad managers, mostly awful corporate poops, many horrible customers, and thieves.
I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that many of those types simply decided not to go back to crap jobs in crap companies as part time work.
Some got a taste of not being made to feel like human excrement every shift and enjoying being with their kids or grandkids.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:05 pm to Palantir
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They should call it the new Great Migration. It isn't just that people are quitting. People are completely re-prioritizing their lives.
This. You can count me in the number people resigning. Put in my notice last year, but staying on until April to help my company with a transition.
While the major perk of my current job is it's work from home - the work from home is the only reason I've stayed on. But in the end, it wasn't enough to make up for all the other negatives - the stress, the never ending problems, the hours, the drama. And I've been with my company 20+ years.
Trading it in for a new career path. Plan to work with a career coach and recruiter. We have plenty of rainy day money saved up, so having a temporary gap in employment doesn't concern me. Plus, I'll welcome taking a bit of time off.
What did it for me is I was sitting at my desk during a very stressful moment last Fall. And I said to myself (internally), "you just need to eek out 10-12 more years, then you're done". And I realized that I sounded like someone waiting to be paroled. And I decided at that moment that it's no way to live life and I would rather take another job, even for less money, than live life that way.
This post was edited on 1/12/22 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:07 pm to Odysseus32
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Perhaps I'm the new iteration of what people said about the internet
Whatever those people said, they were probably correct fwiw
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:09 pm to Tigeralum2008
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We had two people quit immediately after Christmas. Both were mid-20's and BOTH had zero employment lined up prior to resigning When asked they both said they were confident that things would "line up" for them... WTF
They are probably right .
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