What is the the Great Resignation?
Episode 11 of the Design & Donuts podcast, hosted by Ryan Malkes, titled "What is the the Great Resignation?" was published on September 29, 2021 and runs 32 minutes.
September 29, 2021 ·32m · Design & Donuts
Summary
It has quickly become an HR buzzword that represents months of pandemic-era employee experiences coming to a head. The Great Resignation is happening now. Employees are quitting their jobs in droves and in this episode we talk about why...and how to do better. We need to take time to continuously check in with employees because we are not done going through this transformation. You need to be willing to be flexible, which can be scary when trying to scale, but is absolutely essential for the health of your employees and your organization. Ryan makes the point that you can’t just opt out because it’s hard. If you opt out, employees will start to opt out…and you can say goodbye to your workforce. Let's dig in and do hard things together. Thanks, as always for listening. Next time, feel free to bring a donut along as well.
Episode Description
It has quickly become an HR buzzword that represents months of pandemic-era employee experiences coming to a head. The Great Resignation is happening now. Employees are quitting their jobs in droves and in this episode we talk about why...and how to do better.
We need to take time to continuously check in with employees because we are not done going through this transformation. You need to be willing to be flexible, which can be scary when trying to scale, but is absolutely essential for the health of your employees and your organization.
Ryan makes the point that you can’t just opt out because it’s hard. If you opt out, employees will start to opt out…and you can say goodbye to your workforce. Let's dig in and do hard things together.
Thanks, as always for listening. Next time, feel free to bring a donut along as well.
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