How Automation Can Help Fight the Great Resignation
We’ve probably all heard of “The Great Resignation” by now. It’s supposedly a massive trend that has millions of workers getting out of the labour pool as the pandemic had them reassess their work-life priorities. Economists who are digging into labour market statistics are no longer sure that people are dropping out in droves. Instead, they see a more nuanced picture emerge where employees are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but only to seek out better, more rewarding careers elsewhere. The Amherst academic Arindrajit Dube therefore prefers to call this phenomenon “The Great Reshuffling.”