The Not-So-Great Resignation

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Over the past year, the Great Resignation has been all over the news. Many people are celebrating quitting their jobs… but it’s a decision some will come to regret. So when’s the right time to leave? How do you quit without burning bridges? And how can workplaces encourage people to stay? For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/WL42

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0:00.0	Over the past year, millions of people have been quitting their jobs.
0:04.0	I'm 22 years old and I just decided to quit my full-time job.
0:09.0	Today is officially my last day at the Toxic Corporate Job
0:14.0	and no one's even acknowledged that it's my last day.
0:17.0	People weren't just quitting at record levels.
0:20.0	They were celebrating and posting their exits for the whole world to see.
0:24.0	This is me one hour before I quit my corporate job.
0:27.0	I'm Shade Gang and you can probably hear my heart beat.
0:30.0	Quitting videos were all over the internet.
0:32.0	There were entire teams leaving at the same time.
0:35.0	People dancing and popping champagne bottles.
0:38.0	Even some announcing their departures through the store intercom.
0:42.0	Yeah, yo.
0:45.0	It's getting real out here.
0:47.0	The great resignation has liberated some people from miserable jobs and abusive bosses.
0:53.0	But for others, this whole movement has also had moments of the great regret.
0:59.0	The video is for the people that the universe told you to quit your job and follow your passions.
1:04.0	I did it back in September and life was good for a good two months
1:08.0	and then I literally lost everything that I had just worked for.
1:11.0	Everything was hidden in the fan.
1:13.0	So let's talk about what you should consider before you leave
1:17.0	and what managers should do to help you stay.
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