Great Resignation
Pandemic workforce departure
The Great Resignation refers to the wave of workers voluntarily leaving their jobs that began in 2021, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workers reassessed priorities around compensation, remote work, and work-life balance, quitting in unprecedented numbers: She joined the Great Resignation and moved to the countryside.
The phrase captures a cultural moment when mass quitting became a recognized phenomenon.
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
- quiet quittingWorking without exceeding requirements
- labor shortagesInsufficient workforce availability
- job marketEmployment availability collectively
- gig economyWork based on temporary contracts
labor movement · hustle culture · burnout · office culture · wage inflation · mental health awareness · generational differences · employee turnover · remote work · working from home · career change · pandemic
Great Resignationmass layoffs
Simultaneous dismissal of many workers
hiring boom · corporate downsizing · workforce reduction · hiring spree · layoffs
Great ResignationGreat Depression
1930s global economic crisis
job scarcity · unemployment crisis · job insecurity · recession · economic downturn
Great Resignationgolden handcuffs
Financial incentives preventing departure
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