Why handing in your resignation is becoming trendy
And while departing workers cite lots of reasons for turning in papers – a desire for more flexibility, money or benefits, or to leave bad company culture – there’s also the idea that quitting begets quitting. Researchers coined an effect called turnover contagion to describe a phenomenon in which once one person resigns, the probability of their colleagues following suit increases – according to one report, as many as 25%. With resignation numbers dominating headlines, says Klotz, the effect has spread rapidly through the working world.
In some ways, says Klotz, the “coolness factor” of leaving a job can be empowering for workers. “Many of us felt a bit powerless over the years of the pandemic, and even the years prior to it,” he says. “Resigning from your job can be an empowering moment.”
I choked down my vomit as I read through the “article” and did not see mention of people being sick and tired of being overworked, underpaid, threatened, and discarded.
I know I will need to work again at some point but I really want to nuke LinkedIn. I wonder if it will affect my prospects. It's just a stalking circle-jerk cesspool of idiocy.
Another gaslight article about workers finding their agency in the workplace.
