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Can anyone show me statistical evidence that this "great resignation" is anything more than a story made up by the media?
Maybe you should put forward an affirmative argument of non-existence or continuity with the past, etc. Otherwise, you are just asserting formless skepticism -- with no evidence.
In the UK at least there is huge discontent about the recent pension cuts. The salaries already suck (especially in a technical field such as CS), but a 40% cut to pensions as a reward for the efforts put in to handle COVID is just too much.
Can anyone show me statistical evidence that this "great resignation" is anything more than a story made up by the media?
Maybe you should put forward an affirmative argument of non-existence or continuity with the past, etc. Otherwise, you are just asserting formless skepticism -- with no evidence.
Here in the US, I expect a lot of K-12 teachers to be leaving the field. The additional demands created by Covid were the last straw for many. Their employment contracts are such that they have to give months of notice, so I expect all to be quiet until August, then panic everywhere as slots can't be filled.
In the UK at least there is huge discontent about the recent pension cuts. The salaries already suck (especially in a technical field such as CS), but a 40% cut to pensions as a reward for the efforts put in to handle COVID is just too much.
I know you pointed out salaries, but the vast majority of junior academics are not interested in chasing higher salaries. They are there for their research and the opportunities to pursue that research.
Can anyone show me statistical evidence that this "great resignation" is anything more than a story made up by the media?
Universities are in trouble. I know of three that are unable to hire for senior and middle positions. They've been advertising for months. Here (UK), Brexit is partly to blame, along with post Cov19 fatigue, and aging population with many retiring. As I've said in other comments, the main problem is that academia has become hideously corrupted by "professional management" values leading to de-skilling as good people…
Can anyone show me statistical evidence that this "great resignation" is anything more than a story made up by the media?
Here's some data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART I'm not gonna claim anything here but do agree what firms / business are mostly complaining about is key employees changing jobs more so than leaving the workforce entirely.
What anecdotally is the case is that there are a lot of staffing issues for service sector jobs.