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The Great Resignation: Why Millions of People Are Quitting (and How Employers Can Earn– Not Lure–Them Back



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A local cafe recently put up a new sign. “Help Wanted,” it reads. “Wages up to $20. Earn Up to $1,000 in Bonuses.”Twenty dollars an hour seems like a lot to pay cashiers and sandwich makers, especially since minimum wage in Virginia is $9.50. But clearly it’s not: Within two miles of that cafe, I saw at least six other “Help Wanted” signs in the windows of restaurants and retailers.All mentioned the wage rate. Many promised bonuses.But clearly money appeals aren’t working.One fast food restaurant is short-staffed and hasn’t opened its dining room for the past two months. A …

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