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People Keep Quitting Their Jobs Even as Recession Fears Mount

Great Resignation hasn’t really slowed down with confident employees still leaving the labor market in record numbers, even as fears grow about a looming economic slowdown.

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US workers can’t quit quitting.

Two years into the Great Resignation, which saw an unprecedented number of workers change jobs during the pandemic, the economy has shifted. Inflation is running hot. Recession fears are growing. The stock market is turbulent. Yet workers continue to ditch their jobs in record numbers — many knowing full well that the outlook is beginning to dim.