118. What is the Great Resignation?: Why are Millions of People Quitting Their Jobs? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Millions of people are quitting their jobs in the West. So many, in fact, that there are numerous articles and news reports talking about something called the Great Resignation! Why are people quitting their jobs? What are the causes of the situation? Is it as simple as some articles make it sound? Let’s talk about it on today’s episode of Thinking in English!! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/17/118-what-is-the-great-resignation-why-are-millions-of-people-quitting-their-jobs-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/ You may also like... 117. What is Happening at the Poland-Belarus Border?: Migrant Crisis Explained!! (English Vocabulary Lesson) 115. Artificial Intelligence Explained!: Is AI Bad for Society? (English Vocabulary Lesson) 114. ‘Parasite’, ‘Squid Games’, and ‘BTS’: The Korean Wave Explained (English Vocabulary Lesson) 116. Facebook’s Rebranding Explained!: Why Do Major Companies Change Their Names? (English Vocabulary Lesson) CONTACT ME!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - [email protected] Vocabulary List To dread (v) - to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen He’s dreading taking that exam Voluntarily (adv) - in a voluntary way (done, made, or given willingly) If you don’t leave voluntarily then we will call security In-depth (adj) - done carefully and in great detail He wrote a really good in-depth report Sceptical (adj) - doubtful that something is true or useful Many experts remain sceptical about/of his claims Generalisation (n) - a written or spoken statement in which you say or write that something is true all of the time when it is only true some of the time Generalizations can be dangerous Oversimplification (n) - the action of describing or explaining something in such a simple way that it is no longer correct or true The book was full of oversimplifications White collar (adj) - relating to people who work in offices, doing work that needs mental rather than physical effort Salaries for white collar workers are not increasing Blue collar (adj) - blue collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work This union represent thousands of blue collar workers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices