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Originally Posted by RichieRich
Anyone seeing evidence at their work places of “the great resignation” and higher than normal turnover?
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I'm a teacher. I took a two-year unpaid leave and I'm just starting my second year of that leave now. I'd been wrestling with quitting/retiring/whatever for a long time and the pandemic basically gave me the impetus to walk away. I've basically been a stay-at-home dad for the last year.
I took a leave of absence to give me options in case I decided that I wanted to go back, but at this point I don't know. I will say, that I don't think I would have done this without the events of the pandemic.
Also at my rural Alberta school we had 6 retirements last year out of a staff of 15. That is ridiculously high for us. While they were all at retirement age, several of them were still relatively young and had expressed interest in teaching for years to come. At least 3 of them I can 100% say, left due to the events of the pandemic.