“Great resignation” wave coming for companies • Hacker News Board

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by tasuki » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

jokoon wrote: post #85

I've been unemployed for a long time, living on benefits, without guilt or remorse. For health and other reasons. One problem being lack of social integration and interaction. But honestly I don't think I can believe in the necessity of having a job, if I can't see purpose or meaning. There are few jobs that matter, and a lot of barriers and filtering. /r/antiwork is really a viewpoint I can understand and defend.

Generally, good for you, and mostly agreed, but that /r/antiwork is awfully toxic.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by ChrisRR » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

bingidingi wrote: post #190

ChrisRR wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not clued up on US healthcare, but is $680 a lot, average, low? Does it cover all procedures? Is there an excess? Value of coverage?

$680 is probably somewhat typical, I pay $1000/mo for family coverage. It only covers "medically necessary" procedures as deemed by the insurance company (there are some laws requiring certain procedures to be covered). You have to use specific doctors and facilities. Typically you have a deductible as well. I have to pay $4,000 out of my own pocket before insurance kicks in. Preventative care (check-ups) are usually…

Medically necessary is still a rule in the UK NHS. It doesn't cover cosmetic surgery unless there's a very good reason (like something affecting a person's quality of life)

I think excess is what you call a deductible, as in if I have an accident in my car, I pay for the first £250 and that's the excess.

The value of the coverage is the maximum amount they'll pay out. I don't know if I have that on my car, but my house contents insurance is insured up to a certain value

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by deanclatworthy » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

Listen, I am completely on board with giving employees the right to choose the remote situation - but don't be surprised when you're competing against people from all over the globe, who will probably take a lower salary than you, who probably aren't entitled as you, and will bite at the opportunity.

Furthermore, what are employers meant to do with their workplaces when employees are half-in, half-out with the office thing. Many folks (myself included) want to have 1-2 days at the office a week, but have the flexibility to decide that. That's not going to help my employer decide how much space is needed or whether to renew their lease.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by rejectedandsad » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

Sanguinaire wrote: post #150

rejectedandsad wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Should be good for wages then. Unfortunately my company already did our yearly compensation adjustment. 2%, of course.

Found the Amazonian

Google's yearly raises are generally the same as Amazon I've learned, for what it's worth. The difference is the bonus and refreshers, and the fact that there are more evaluation periods with more achievement buckets.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by DebtDeflation » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

This is about far more than WFH vs Return To Office. Many of us, after a year of lockdowns, losing family members, suffering mental and physical health issues, spending more time with our families, etc. are re-evaluating our priorities in life and deciding that our jobs are no longer the most important things in life and probably never should have been.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by paulcole » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

mrfusion wrote: post #199

paulcole wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I took 3 years off, didn’t do anything other than read, watch tv, go to the movies, and walk/ride my bicycle. Never traveled once. Loved every minute of it. Doing nothing doesn’t get boring for everyone. And it’s my time not yours so who’s to say what a waste is? My biggest advice is to do what you want and don’t feel like you have to live up to some HN-gap-year fantasy. You might regret sitting in your apartment sur…

What did you end up doing after the 3 years? Why did you end it?

Got a job. Had 6 months of expenses left in the bank and didn’t want to risk dipping into stocks.

I wasn’t wealthy in the HN sense though. This was 2010-2013 and my rent for a tiny studio apartment was $550 a month. Other major expenses were just internet (50 a month), groceries (few hundred a month), gym (35 a month) and electricity (20 a month). No cell phone. No car.

For the 5 years leading up to that I was working full time during the day and doing freelance SEO writing side. Was able to save quite a bit. But I was really fortunate to be in the right time/place. Rent in my city had basically doubled (and then some) since then, for example.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by metalliqaz » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:01 PM UTC

deanclatworthy wrote: post #213

Listen, I am completely on board with giving employees the right to choose the remote situation - but don't be surprised when you're competing against people from all over the globe, who will probably take a lower salary than you, who probably aren't entitled as you, and will bite at the opportunity. Furthermore, what are employers meant to do with their workplaces when employees are half-in, half-out with the office…

Our company is forcing almost everyone to become remote and has closed down probably half of its office space. Now when you come in you don't have an assigned desk and they will just expect everyone to find a desk.

I am also of the opinion that the writing is on the wall. I live in a HCOL area and have no doubt that remote workers in other places will eventually replace me.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by dolmen » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:02 PM UTC

throwaway0a5e wrote: post #30

dreen wrote: post #7

Im quitting and not looking for another job. Gonna use the savings to take a gap year, or a couple, work on some stuff I want maybe. Maybe more involvement in OSS is coming too? I've never had a gap year, it was all school, then immigration, work, university, more work. Any holiday time you fly back home. I kept hearing its not unusual for people in the west to take gap years, so thats what Im doing. edit: thank you…

>I kept hearing its not unusual for people in the west to take gap years, so thats what Im doing. You hear a heck of a lot more about it on HN than happens in reality. Maybe I don't hang out with the trust fund crowd enough but I don't know ANYONE who's taken a "gap year" where they weren't doing something for ~40hr/wk in order to make a buck. I know a few people who didn't jump right into career stuff after college…

Few do that in France. Is it because we already have plenty of PTO (5 weeks, plus often 12 more days because the legal week is 35 hours but we usually do more)?

Anyway, I took a gap time at age 36 for a 3 months trip in South America. And this allowed me to take an turn in my career when I came back.

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by travisjungroth » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:02 PM UTC

loydb wrote: post #194

Just lost out on a candidate who was in the 'talking with HR phase'. Their existing company offered a 100% salary bonus to stay for 12 months. I'll hit them up again in a year :)

Hit them up again in two months. That level of raise signals "stick around while we find your replacement."

Re: “Great resignation” wave coming for companies

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Post by camhenlin » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

I joined this wave, started a new position last week for nearly another $100k/year, similar work, fully remote, great benefits. Tried asking for a raise at my previous job twice this year and my old boss wouldn’t discuss. Good luck to him retaining the rest of that team!