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The "Great Regret" is the latest workplace trend to sweep the nation, with the majority of professionals who quit their jobs last year wishing they could get a do-over, according to a new survey.

2022 was another record year for quitting 4.1 million workers left their jobs in December, bringing the grand total for the year to over 50 million. Roughly 47 million quit the year before, citing higher pay and better working conditions as incentives for their exit. Now, 8 out of 10 professionals who left their jobs regret their decision, a new Paychex study finds.

Paychex surveyed 825 employees who quit during the "great resignation" and 354 employers to analyze the impact of the quitting spree and gauge employees' job satisfaction.

They found that mental health, work-life balance, workplace relationships and the chance to get rehired all suffered as a result.

According to Paychex, Gen Z workers reminisce about their old jobs the most. A whopping 89% of Gen Zers say they regret quitting, and as a result, their mental health is on the decline.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/80percent-of-workers-who-quit-in-great-resignation-regret-it-new-survey.html

Generation Zombie learning the the way the world really works, and doing it the hard way. The narcissistic generation got hit upside the head with the reality that the employers set the rules at the company, not the employees. Yes, you are free to quit, move on to another job, or quit and become a bum, but in the long run it is not a good idea simply because your employer says you have to come in to the office and terminates work from home.

Maybe a few of them will learn that they are not special, do not deserve special treatment, and if they want respect from employers, they have to earn it.

It still amazes me that an employee of a company, especially a young one, thinks they get to dictate to the employer the terms of their employment. Arrogance and narcissism are bad workplace qualities.

Sounds like there are a lot of hard lessons being learned. I guess experience really is the best teacher.

I quit a job in 2022, and it was a great decision. I took approximately two days off (Saturday and Sunday) and started a new job in a much better work environment with fewer hours and more pay.

ETA I'm 30 and have no idea if that makes me a millennial or Gen Z.

MyNameIsJeff said:

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ETA I'm 30 and have no idea if that makes me a millennial or Gen Z.

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Late Millennial

The advantage of being a Gen-Xer is that this is our 4th major downturn in the economy.

When the dot.com bubble burst, I remember folks getting laid off and getting packages from one particular telecom company in Denver that were like 2x their annual salary.

So a lot of those folks didn't work for 2 years and after 2 years of not working found it very difficult to find a job after the money ran out.

For these Gen-Z folks who quit with no package, I think the big difference is that they are able to move back in with their parents, don't mind having roommates, or having their girlfriend/boyfriend pay their rent.

My old man (Silent Generation + Cold Warrior) made it real clear when I left for A&M that moving back home wasn't an option.

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This is pretty much me.

HollywoodBQ said:

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The advantage of being a Gen-Xer is that this is our 4th major downturn in the economy.

When the dot.com bubble burst, I remember folks getting laid off and getting packages from one particular telecom company in Denver that were like 2x their annual salary.

So a lot of those folks didn't work for 2 years and after 2 years of not working found it very difficult to find a job after the money ran out.

For these Gen-Z folks who quit with no package, I think the big difference is that they are able to move back in with their parents, don't mind having roommates, or having their girlfriend/boyfriend pay their rent.

My old man (Silent Generation + Cold Warrior) made it real clear when I left for A&M that moving back home wasn't an option.

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If I'm reading the OP right, this isn't necessarily people that quit and stopped working but instead changed jobs in a search for better pay and/or benefits.

I changed jobs last year and don't regret it one day.

Eh?

What happened to that cutesy, pretentious "quiet quitting"?

Find this stat hard to believe if this was people taking new jobs.

Very tired of everything being tied to "mental health" decline. "As a result their mental health declined"…. What does that mean? They were less happy? They became depressed? They needed therapy? What was the survey question used to determine the decline in mental health? They had more stress?

Stress is life. Real Mental health is depression, schizophrenia, etc. not just having normal daily stress that humans have lived with for millennia.

Generation Zombie LOL

For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

Oh.

What a shocker.


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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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we are small but roughly 5. I say roughly because one is permanently remote and has never been in the office.

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Very tired of everything being tied to "mental health" decline. "As a result their mental health declined"…. What does that mean? They were less happy? They became depressed? They needed therapy? What was the survey question used to determine the decline in mental health? They had more stress?

Stress is life. Real Mental health is depression, schizophrenia, etc. not just having normal daily stress that humans have loved with for millennia.

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This.

The Democrats and social media are really pushing a mental health angle and these kids now in their teens and 20s think that they are stressed out and can't do things because of it.

They're being convinced that they are mentally unwell. So anything that doesn't go their way or seems "hard" they'll just give up or claim it isn't fair.

How many memorials and GenZ, some on this board, have claimed that their generation is having the worst time of it. Do you know why the hiring has gotten so bad? Democrats. Same thing happened about 12-15 years ago it was a bad economy.

I do have some empathy for kids that are getting into the job market right now, it's tough, but it's not impossible. These younger generations just have expectations that will never be met at their age. The idea of work ethic and pay your dues doesn't seem to be associated with them as a whole.

Now if you really need help that's one thing but as you said, just being stressed out in your life is not a mental health issue unless it gets to the extreme.

Remember the left, liberals, and Democrats want to make everyone a victim. Whether it is about race, gender, historical slavery or basically anything.

It's pathetic.

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HollywoodBQ said:

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The advantage of being a Gen-Xer is that this is our 4th major downturn in the economy.

When the dot.com bubble burst, I remember folks getting laid off and getting packages from one particular telecom company in Denver that were like 2x their annual salary.

So a lot of those folks didn't work for 2 years and after 2 years of not working found it very difficult to find a job after the money ran out.

For these Gen-Z folks who quit with no package, I think the big difference is that they are able to move back in with their parents, don't mind having roommates, or having their girlfriend/boyfriend pay their rent.

My old man (Silent Generation + Cold Warrior) made it real clear when I left for A&M that moving back home wasn't an option.

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If I'm reading the OP right, this isn't necessarily people that quit and stopped working but instead changed jobs in a search for better pay and/or benefits.

I changed jobs last year and don't regret it one day.

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I think this is more of a reflection to the fact we have large generations of people who will find a way to b*tch about anything. Current job or new job or no job

That'll teach em about trying to improve their lives

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You have to laugh, eveytime I see one of these "these kids won't work" ,I've seen the exact opposite complaint out of people trying to find a job ... Noone will hire.

Perfect example: Local papermill (quite a large one) has a job listed as entry level, pretty poor pay, very few benefits, as a bottom tier helper. They will not LOOK at your resume unless it has 2 years experience or an associate degree listed on it.

It goes both directions. Genz is about to learn what millenials and genx did... during recession, businesses will immediately use the limited job pool to revert to their parents work environment. Couple that with an absolute refusal to train people on the job/apprentice people, and the fact that both major parties have abandoned any presence of bringing factory jobs back to this country..... welcome to dystopia

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HollywoodBQ said:

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The advantage of being a Gen-Xer is that this is our 4th major downturn in the economy.

When the dot.com bubble burst, I remember folks getting laid off and getting packages from one particular telecom company in Denver that were like 2x their annual salary.

So a lot of those folks didn't work for 2 years and after 2 years of not working found it very difficult to find a job after the money ran out.

For these Gen-Z folks who quit with no package, I think the big difference is that they are able to move back in with their parents, don't mind having roommates, or having their girlfriend/boyfriend pay their rent.

My old man (Silent Generation + Cold Warrior) made it real clear when I left for A&M that moving back home wasn't an option.

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If I'm reading the OP right, this isn't necessarily people that quit and stopped working but instead changed jobs in a search for better pay and/or benefits.

I changed jobs last year and don't regret it one day.

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I think this is more of a reflection to the fact we have large generations of people who will find a way to b*tch about anything. Current job or new job or no job

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We have three generations like that. GenX and the boomers j7st gripe about different things...

Haha - where's the guy that for years would constantly post about looking for a new job, then his great interviews, starting his new job. Then he'd constantly post about how his wildly crappy employer, idiot manager, self-evals are stupid, found a new job, his wildly crappy employer, his idiot manager, performance reviews are stupid, looking for a new job, had a great interview, starting new job, my employer is wildly crappy, my manager is an idiot, annual raises shouldn't require a performance review, etc.

Not talking about the kid who lives in his basement. This poster was older than gen Z and based on posting history, his employers weren't the problem.

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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We've got one in New Jersey who is afraid to travel for work.
Nobody at our work will make you travel if you feel uncomfortable.

So Mr. Doesn't Feel Safe traveling for work happens to be a part-time musician.

The funniest thing was listening to him tell us about how he got invited to sit in with a band playing a concert 3 states away. He drove there but... if he's able to drive 3 states away to play a concert on the weekend, you'd think he could also drive 3 states away to see customers in person.

HollywoodBQ said:

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annie88 said:

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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We've got one in New Jersey who is afraid to travel for work.
Nobody at our work will make you travel if you feel uncomfortable.

So Mr. Doesn't Feel Safe traveling for work happens to be a part-time musician.

The funniest thing was listening to him tell us about how he got invited to sit in with a band playing a concert 3 states away. He drove there but... if he's able to drive 3 states away to play a concert on the weekend, you'd think he could also drive 3 states away to see customers in person.

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So fire him?

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All data found within this report derives from a survey commissioned by Digital.com and conducted online by survey platform Pollfish. In total, 1,250 American adults were surveyed. To qualify for the survey, each respondent had to currently be employed for wages. Appropriate respondents were found using Pollfish's screening tools. This survey was conducted over a two-day span, starting on December 17, 2021 and ending on December 18, 2021. All respondents were asked to answer all questions truthfully and to the best of their abilities.

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Sounds legit

Ag_of_08 said:

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You have to laugh, eveytime I see one of these "these kids won't work" ,I've seen the exact opposite complaint out of people trying to find a job ... Noone will hire.

Perfect example: Local papermill (quite a large one) has a job listed as entry level, pretty poor pay, very few benefits, as a bottom tier helper. They will not LOOK at your resume unless it has 2 years experience or an associate degree listed on it.

It goes both directions. Genz is about to learn what millenials and genx did... during recession, businesses will immediately use the limited job pool to revert to their parents work environment. Couple that with an absolute refusal to train people on the job/apprentice people, and the fact that both major parties have abandoned any presence of bringing factory jobs back to this country..... welcome to dystopia

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I'm with you on this as I've seen my Gen-Z daughter with an Engineering degree from a decent school struggle to find entry level Engineering work. Finally got hired by the Gubmint at a salary far below what she should be earning.

On the other side of the coin, I need to hire a flotilla of entry level people like my daughter who can be trained on our product. But, with my weak management and one know-it-all Pakistani naysayer in the mix, we're stuck hiring people with 20 years experience for $150K who we then have to train on our product.

And for the record, training experienced adults is actually more difficult because we have to make them un-learn what they already know in order to use our approach. We'd be much better hiring at the entry level so I can show them the right way to do things instead of going through the school of hard knocks.

So of the 97 Million people who quit over the past 2 years... Paychex interviewed 825 of them?

Some of you must work in low demand fields or skill sets to have these viewpoints.

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annie88 said:

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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We've got one in New Jersey who is afraid to travel for work.
Nobody at our work will make you travel if you feel uncomfortable.

So Mr. Doesn't Feel Safe traveling for work happens to be a part-time musician.

The funniest thing was listening to him tell us about how he got invited to sit in with a band playing a concert 3 states away. He drove there but... if he's able to drive 3 states away to play a concert on the weekend, you'd think he could also drive 3 states away to see customers in person.

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So fire him?

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Would if I could but... he's protected by the same manager who is protecting a couple of other people who should also be fired.

HollywoodBQ said:

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annie88 said:

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HollywoodBQ said:

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annie88 said:

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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We've got one in New Jersey who is afraid to travel for work.
Nobody at our work will make you travel if you feel uncomfortable.

So Mr. Doesn't Feel Safe traveling for work happens to be a part-time musician.

The funniest thing was listening to him tell us about how he got invited to sit in with a band playing a concert 3 states away. He drove there but... if he's able to drive 3 states away to play a concert on the weekend, you'd think he could also drive 3 states away to see customers in person.

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So fire him?

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Would if I could but... he's protected by the same manager who is protecting a couple of other people who should also be fired.

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That sucks. So he can just pull this **** and he knows nothing will be done about it. Wow.

Garrelli 5000 said:

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Haha - where's the guy that for years would constantly post about looking for a new job, then his great interviews, starting his new job. Then he'd constantly post about how his wildly crappy employer, idiot manager, self-evals are stupid, found a new job, his wildly crappy employer, his idiot manager, performance reviews are stupid, looking for a new job, had a great interview, starting new job, my employer is wildly crappy, my manager is an idiot, annual raises shouldn't require a performance review, etc.

Not talking about the kid who lives in his basement. This poster was older than gen Z and based on posting history, his employers weren't the problem.

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Sounds like my family member who I'm convinced only has a job now because it must be a parole condition.
But, he's only worked for minimum wage (even now in his 40s) so I don't think he's ever had a performance review.

annie88 said:

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annie88 said:

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Tom Kazansky 2012 said:

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For the record, I cant get my boomers to come back to the office without whining and pouting.

The gen Z employees just cant be on time.

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The youngest boomer is 58/59. How many people do you have working for you in that bracket?

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We've got one in New Jersey who is afraid to travel for work.
Nobody at our work will make you travel if you feel uncomfortable.

So Mr. Doesn't Feel Safe traveling for work happens to be a part-time musician.

The funniest thing was listening to him tell us about how he got invited to sit in with a band playing a concert 3 states away. He drove there but... if he's able to drive 3 states away to play a concert on the weekend, you'd think he could also drive 3 states away to see customers in person.

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So fire him?

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Would if I could but... he's protected by the same manager who is protecting a couple of other people who should also be fired.

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That sucks. So he can just pull this **** and he knows nothing will be done about it. Wow.

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Tech workers have been getting away with a lot since the beginning of the scamdemic.
That's part of the reason why now when you see Google, et. al, shedding headcount, it's not surprising and frankly, in many cases, long overdue.

When I hear about worthless Gen Z regretting quitting a job.

There are roughly 192M people in the US aged 19-64.

I'm supposed to believe that we had almost 100M people quit or change jobs in a two year period.

Color me skeptical.