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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:31 AM Feb 2012

Jobless want you to quit already!

Jobless want you to quit already!


Even though some employees are frustrated with their jobs because the tough economy has led to furloughs, wage freezes, and cuts in benefits, many of them aren’t upset enough to say, “I quit!”

More workers are reluctant to leave their employer and it’s shrinking job opportunities for the unemployed , underemployed and those looking to find new work horizons, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal Wednesday. Turns out, some workers are just too scared to take a chance on a new gig in this job market.
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U.S. Labor Department statistics showed that less than 2 million workers quit their jobs last month. That’s way less than the three million, on average, that did so before the Great Recession.

With fewer workers heading out the door, there’s less churning in the work market. That churning is what’s keeping the number of job openings at low levels, said Steven Davis, a University of Chicago economist quoted in the Journal's story.

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Jobless want you to quit already! (Original Post) xchrom Feb 2012 OP
It's amazing how many miserable, unhappy people I worked with in NRaleighLiberal Feb 2012 #1
Quit and do what? Switch places with them? Iggo Feb 2012 #2

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
1. It's amazing how many miserable, unhappy people I worked with in
Thu Feb 9, 2012, 09:45 AM
Feb 2012

my years in a big pharma - people don't leave until/unless they are pushed out the door. Makes for a pretty depressing work atmosphere (they did have to push me out too....much happier spirit on the outside, for sure, despite the anxiety about finding something else).

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