Amid widespread talk of the Great Resignation, a recent Gartner survey of HR leaders showed 48% of organizations have significant concerns about turnover. But the attrition trend, most evident in certain locations and within certain employee groups, only describes a critical symptom of what’s happening to employee sentiment.
People are, in fact, reflecting on both life and work as the pandemic endures: 65% of employees say the pandemic has made them rethink the place that work should have in their lives; 56% say it has made them want to contribute more to society.
Smart employers will respond to peoples’ increased demands for more personal value and purpose from both life and work by offering a more human and purpose-driven employment deal — or they will find themselves unable to compete for increasingly scarce talent.