“Great resignation” wave coming for companies

Post by lotsofpulp » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:26 PM UTC

kaesar14 wrote: post #178

lotsofpulp wrote: post #132

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> When he finished and got back into work he realised that his break very similar to a female employee taking maternity leave. I have not met a single woman who would compare maternity leave to a travel leave and a “great” time. Infants are a ton of work, and between recovering from the birthing process (a vaginal tear with a few stitches is considered one of the best outcomes), learning how to breastfeed, only sleep…

I think all he meant was it was a similar break in terms of length of time and the company did a good job of re-integrating women who went on maternity leave for that length of time, leading to a good company culture in general for getting employees out for long amounts of time back into the thick of things.

Post by ciisforsuckas » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

dcolkitt wrote: post #165

ciisforsuckas wrote: post #143

They want us back in the office July 16... I'm going to pass so found a new remote role with higher salary and equity. I will be part of this wave. I didn't realy even try with how insane the market is especially if you are specialzed in the current hotness. Moreso, the rise of fully remote role has opened up our ideas about our current living situation. The real estate market in our city is shattered and broken. So…

Any software company that’s ending remote work right now is basically risking its entire existence. There’s no possible way, in this market, a company will be able to replace 10% of its workforce in a reasonable time. I can understand why management wants to go back to the office, but why would you ever take the risk of being one of the first, before gauging how the market will react.

Post by jen20 » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

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I learnt of this sort of thing only after I moved to the UK, where it's traditional for wealthy and middle-upper-class kids to take a long break between college and university - a habit that probably comes from the times of the "grand tours" of continental Europe in XVIII and XIX century. I've met people who do it on a 6-months basis - 6 months travelling, 6 months earning. They don't make much, their career is somew…

Its pretty common for ordinary middle class kids - and remember in the UK a degree is three years not the US four years (or even longer in Europe) Bit harder now post Brexit though

Post by Semaphor » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:35 PM UTC

ho_schi wrote: post #79

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In Germany, gap years after school or sometimes university are pretty common (at least for the middle class). They do often work, but rarely in a field related to what they studied or want to do. Instead, it’s travel-financing jobs. It used to be that it was more a thing for women, but that probably changed since draft was abandoned (before that the gap year for men would usually have been military service or alterna…

Are you sure about middle class O_o Higher-middle and upper class more likely? Kids which need to earn their money usually go straight into apprenticeship or university and earn money promptly.

Post by FinanceAnon » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 2:36 PM UTC

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How is this a scalable approach to everyone in the society? Someone has to work to produce food. Someone has to work to produce electricity. Until we can automate everything, most people have to work and contribute to society (unless you choose to be self-sufficient - grow your own food, produce your own electricity etc.)

> How is this a scalable approach to everyone in the society? It is not, but let's not pretend most of us work to increase societal good. It just happens to be that our rent-seeking behavior is aligned with society's interests.