LEGAL MATTERS BY SILKE RATHBONE
The Great Resignation Should you be worried? Much like the Great Depression, the Great Resignation has been a hard pill to swallow, mostly for employers. WHAT IS THIS GREAT RESIGNATION ALL ABOUT? In essence, given the last 18-20 months everyone has had to endure, you would think that the last thing on an employed person's mind would be to resign. However, with companies struggling to make ends meet and hold on to their staff, employees feel somewhat nervous about their job security. So, why would they resign then? With their job security under risk came, for many, longer working hours with no boundaries (even lower incomes paid), feeling overworked and often spiralling into a world of despair and depression. And, with that came many employees downing tools or jumping ship in search of better working environments. Employees have started to question their job conditions and decided that there is more to life than money or job security. Many of them that fit into the Great Resignation have had other skills to fall back on, some going to pursue life-long dreams, changing careers altogether, and some looking to spend more time with family.
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