WASHINGTON: More Americans are quitting their jobs than at any other time in at least two decades, which added challenges to companies trying to keep up with the economic recovery, a media report said. Citing data from the Labour Department, the report said that the share of US workers leaving jobs was 2.7 percent in April, a jump from 1.6 percent a year earlier to the highest level since at least 2000.
The reason attributes that Recovery from the pandemic has been weird, the result of a collision between public health measures, economic relief provided by governments and central banks, and social changes inspired by the experience of enduring coronavirus. This has resulted in a labour market that seems at once too hot and too cold
While a high quit rate stings employers with greater turnover costs, and in some cases, business disruptions, labor economists said churn typically signals a healthy labour market as individuals gravitate to jobs more suited to their skills, interests and personal lives, according to the report.
Several factors are driving the job turnover. Many people are spurning a return to business as usual, preferring the flexibility of remote work or reluctant to be in an office before the virus is vanquished, it said.
"Others are burned out from extra pandemic workloads and stress, while some are looking for higher pay to make up for a spouse's job loss or used the past year to reconsider their career path and shift gears," the report added.
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