Americans are quitting their jobs at record rates — here are the 10 states leading the trend
CBSN
America is becoming a nation of quitters — with a record 4.4 million workers handing in their resignations in September. But the trend isn't spread evenly across the country, with some states experiencing sharp increases in workers handing in their two-week notices.
Called "The Great Resignation," the trend reflects a complex mix of pandemic factors: Some women with children have been walloped by the dual demands of childcare and work and took a step back from the labor force, while some older workers took earlier-than-expected retirement.
And other workers are quitting because they are finding better-paying jobs as employers raise wages and dangle juicier benefits.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.