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The switching generation: US workers quit jobs in record numbers

MundoAmérica,

Lindsay Coleman has quit two jobs this year.

The first, in January, was in sales at the software company where she had worked for almost six years, ever since she graduated from college. She loved her colleagues there but felt that she could not turn down an offer from a competitor for a role she thought might be more enjoyable.

But by October New Yorker Coleman realised that she would rather sell apartments instead of software and after earning her real estate licence, she resigned again to join The Corcoran Group.

“Software sales is a very lucrative career, but I always deep down knew it wasn’t what I loved and didn’t ever know if I would do something about it,” said Coleman, 29.…  Seguir leyendo »

Where did all the workers go?

InternacionalEconomía

Mike, a gregarious ex-rugby player who now burns excess energy by putting in miles on a road bike, is not ready to retire. Yet his job in fintech — which he began in April 2020, a week into the UK’s first Covid lockdown — has proved radically different from the one he signed up for.

Working at senior level in business development, he used to enjoy spending days on the road meeting clients. Long stints of wall-to-wall Zoom calls left him stultified yet still buzzing and unable to sleep in the small hours.

“If my children sat at a screen for 10 to 11 hours a day, I’d lock it in a cupboard”, says Mike, who asked that his surname not be used.…  Seguir leyendo »