"75% of those who left their jobs don't regret it". And the ones who miss the social aspect are the ones who left the workforce, not changed one job for another.
I hate the loss of in-person socialization, but that's pandemic, not quitting.
There’s always the risk of buyer’s remorse changing jobs (unless you were escaping something exceptionally toxic). Usually that dissipates by the year anniversary or you end up jumping back into the job hunt. The article doesn’t say how long those polled had been at the new job..
> “Many people spend as much time at work as they do with family and friends. For those who build strong personal relationships with colleagues, it can make a huge impact on how they view their job and how likely they are to stay in it.”
Except that you don't choose your work colleagues. You may find nice people but it's mostly random and you are stuck with what you get until you quit.
Also, is Bloomberg having a conflict of interest to report on these issues since they get ads from Fortune 500 companies that resented the great resignation?
>Also, is Bloomberg having a conflict of interest to report on these issues since they get ads from Fortune 500 companies that resented the great resignation?
It's so much deeper than that. This is a journalism organization by the top .1% for the top .1% owned by one of the richest men in the world.
See also: The Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal.
Why should anyone pay any attention to this propaganda? Caring about what Bloomberg or the Washington Post has to say about the workplace is foolish and self-defeating.
I am definitely not one of that 25%. I liked my former coworkers well enough, but my situation is significantly better now.
60% raise, I get bonuses again, more PTO, better work culture, learning newer tech, actually building new software instead of 80% maintenance and support (it used to be mostly coding but transitioned into the other over time), no more late nights or being called in to support a network outage, etc.
I've had somewhere around 30-35 jobs in my life. Part time, full time, not including contracting (I'm in my 50s and my first 1040 job was at age 13 over the summer... you could do that back then. I was paid $1.10 an hour, raised to $1.25 the next summer and I saved up $150 to buy a TRS-80).
Many of them I enjoyed, some I stayed for years, some I left very shortly, but I've never ever once regretted leaving a job and moving on and every time it has worked out better for me (I think). But maybe I just had really bad jobs.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 47.3 ms ] threadI hate the loss of in-person socialization, but that's pandemic, not quitting.
Whereas 75% are happy about it.
Sounds like a major success actually
Except that you don't choose your work colleagues. You may find nice people but it's mostly random and you are stuck with what you get until you quit.
Also, is Bloomberg having a conflict of interest to report on these issues since they get ads from Fortune 500 companies that resented the great resignation?
It's so much deeper than that. This is a journalism organization by the top .1% for the top .1% owned by one of the richest men in the world.
See also: The Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal.
What does that even mean?
60% raise, I get bonuses again, more PTO, better work culture, learning newer tech, actually building new software instead of 80% maintenance and support (it used to be mostly coding but transitioned into the other over time), no more late nights or being called in to support a network outage, etc.
If anything I should have left a lot sooner.
Many of them I enjoyed, some I stayed for years, some I left very shortly, but I've never ever once regretted leaving a job and moving on and every time it has worked out better for me (I think). But maybe I just had really bad jobs.