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Key takeaways from "Great resignation" wave coming for companies

Workers have had more than a year to reconsider work-life balance or career paths. Open at source

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Surveys show anywhere from 25% to upwards of 40% of workers are thinking about quitting their jobs.

"People have had a little more space to ask themselves, 'Is this really what I want to be doing?'"

Companies that made it through the pandemic in one piece now have a major new problem

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