GREAT RESIGNATION

What Does GREAT RESIGNATION Mean?

Great Resignation means "employees voluntarily leaving jobs en masse."

The term Great Resignation was coined in May 2021, by Professor Anthony Klotz, at University College London. It describes the phenomena of employees voluntarily resigning from their jobs en masse in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apparently prompted by the pandemic, many workers were re-evaluating their values. In particular, those working in high-risk roles, such as healthcare, education, and hospitality, as well as those nearing retirement.

In most cases, people quickly returned to the workforce, often on better wages or with improved contracts, but usually simply through financial necessity.

The Great Resignation is also referred to as the Big Quit.

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The Great Resignation was prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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"Employees Voluntarily Leaving Jobs En Masse" is the definition of GREAT RESIGNATION on social media apps, such as TikTok and LinkedIn, as well as in texts and on chat forums.

GREAT RESIGNATION
Definition:	Employees Voluntarily Leaving Jobs En Masse
Type:	Word
Guessability:	3: Guessable
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Great Resignation is a neologism (i.e., a newly coined word or phrase which has emerged into everyday use).

A neologism can be:

• A new meaning for an existing word (e.g., mood, sick).
• A completely new word (e.g., oversharers, crowdsourcing).
• A new combination of existing words (e.g., quiet firing, digital detox).

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