So I work in the education field as a teacher assistant. A small job, but it is what it is. Well, both of my managers are retiring in May. They have stayed with the edu system for over 30/40 years. Their reason for retiring is that the system is pushing EVERYONE to their limit (hell, my mom retired from the edu system because of this). Recently my college decided to put more pressure on my managers by requiring them to do more for fewer benefits. One of my managers came up to me and my co-workers and explained everything to us. They explained how the college we work for pressures them to be in multiple places at once, overloads them with work, and took away some of their benefits. My manager said “Enough is enough. You ALWAYS put well-being over work. This is ridiculous and I can't do this anymore. I've been here too long.”
So yeah, I think there is more to their story, but I'm just telling you what one of my managers told us today. She's done SO MUCH, and the system barely even cares.