“The great resignation” has been used to describe the current trend of employees and jobseekers leaving their positions in the last few months of the pandemic.
Whether these tech workers are chasing higher salaries, more flexibility, remote work or promotions, they’re likely to find it in the current job market, where its projected more than 240,000 new tech roles were open in 2021.
This month, two local technologists shared their own insights on this moment’s implications for the future of tech jobs. The Inquirer‘s Dain Saint, a software developer, said he doesn’t believe the great resignation is a totally accurate description of how workers are leaving their employers. It misses the point of what is really happening, he told Technical.ly — a labor movement. Saint said he believes the circumstances of the pandemic have allowed workers to collectively realize their power as people.
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