Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by freeflight on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @02:02PM
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> “Record number of workers switch to jobs with better working conditions, pay, and benefits.”
I don't see why that has to be necessarily the case from that data.
2021 also saw the introduction of vaccine mandates for many jobs, we saw sectors like healthcare, accommodations&food services, and logistics struggle to fill their labor demand due to the pandemic;
> Quits increased in several industries with the largest increases in accommodation and food services (+159,000); health care and social assistance (+52,000); and transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+33,000).
+159,000 people quit accommodations and food services, yet;
> Job openings decreased in several industries with the largest decreases in accommodation and food services (-261,000)
The sector lost more jobs than people quit, which points into the direction of people not willingly quitting for a better job, but people not finding jobs in the sector, at least with the terms they want, due to lost jobs in the sector.
I don't see why that has to be necessarily the case from that data.
2021 also saw the introduction of vaccine mandates for many jobs, we saw sectors like healthcare, accommodations&food services, and logistics struggle to fill their labor demand due to the pandemic;
> Quits increased in several industries with the largest increases in accommodation and food services (+159,000); health care and social assistance (+52,000); and transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+33,000).
+159,000 people quit accommodations and food services, yet;
> Job openings decreased in several industries with the largest decreases in accommodation and food services (-261,000)
The sector lost more jobs than people quit, which points into the direction of people not willingly quitting for a better job, but people not finding jobs in the sector, at least with the terms they want, due to lost jobs in the sector.