In passing the two-year mark since the beginning of the COVID-19 health pandemic, organizations around the world continue to grapple with just how much the workforce landscape has changed. Company leadership and hiring managers tend to talk about a “return to normal,” but is this even possible anymore when it comes to the world of work? For example, can companies compel workers to go back to the office? To work according to a 9-5 daily schedule or accept other traditional work boundaries that the pandemic has thrown into question?
If organizations are still wondering what the long-term future will look like, so are workers themselves. Some have spoken loud and clear by simply leaving their jobs, creating what we’ve come to call the “Great Resignation.” Current quit rates support the moniker—and 41 percent of global workers are thinking of quitting by mid-2022 and beyond. For many workers, pre-COVID workplace rules don’t make sense anymore. In resigning, they’ve indicated that going back to “normal” is not an option.
Addressing worker sentiment remains a key challenge for companies and their leadership as they move past the pandemic and start to confront the future of work. This is why AgileOne’s workforce solutions market overview, Edition 3, focuses squarely on why workers are leaving their jobs today—and what companies can do to retain the talent they need to be successful. In the pages that follow, we share current perspectives and statistics about worker resignations across the U.S. and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); the sectors feeling the strongest constraints; and what companies can do to nurture employee loyalty and strengthen workforce strategies. There are many reasons to be optimistic about work today. In helping companies remain vigilant about the issues affecting their workforces, AgileOne is confident we can continue to shape a better future for both employers and the employees who keep their businesses going.
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