The evidence is mounting: Prudential posits one in four U.S. workers will look for a new job when the pandemic eases up; Microsoft research finds that 41% of the global workforce is weighing leaving their current employer this year; Monster reports as many as 95% of workers are currently considering changing jobs. While it’s still too early to predict the extent to which this job flight will impact the “average” organization, there is no question that a global reckoning is coming. Many companies are already experiencing painful employee turnover and bracing for more, which has sent them urgently seeking solutions to an attraction and retention crisis we haven’t seen before.
