Cornelia Shipley Bearyman, CEO of 3C Consulting - March 2, 2022 - KRDO’s Afternoon News

The Great Resignation has focused primarily on employees who are lower wage workers employed in service industries.  As with any major societal shift that occurs, we often find ourselves asking why? Whether it is poor working conditions, burnout, low wages, or more attractive job opportunities, the reasons are abundant but the goal is the same. People have been exiting their jobs in record numbers in search of something better and more meaningful.  An often missed aspect of this resignation is the realization that it is not just the working class exiting en masse.  More executives and managers have been leaving their leadership roles for reasons that are solely all financially driven.  According to MarketWatch, nearly 39 million people have quit their jobs in 2021; recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show 4.16 million professionals departed in October, a slight dip from September’s record haul of 4.36 million.