M O N E Y M AT T E R S
THE GREAT RESIGNATION IN YOUR DECISION TO BID FAREWELL TO YOUR JOB, YOUR MONEY MATTERS. BY LAURA DORSEY
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here is an old saying; Numbers Don’t Lie; there is truth in the numbers. And for this new year, 2022, the numbers speak for themselves. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that more than 4 million people quit their jobs in the last quarter of 2021. Economists are calling this the Great Resignation. Florida is feeling the impact also. These same numbers show that 264,000 people voluntarily quit their jobs in Florida. And do not think that you can add to any one reason for the quit rate because they span every generation and come from every industry. According to the “Washington Post,” some always were planning to leave, and this past year just made them realize they were no longer willing to wait. Others were burned out from too many long hours, late nights, and unspent vacation days. If the pandemic did nothing else, it made people reassess their priorities. They realized that life would not wait. Game over in 2021/Game on in 2022!
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