Restless Millennials, unlike their predecessors in the workforce, aren’t settling for a stable 9-to-5 plus health benefits — but are quitting their jobs in record numbers.
According to the Pew Research Center, 18-34 year olds became the largest segment of workers in the U.S. last year. In December 2015, over 3 million of those working Americans quit their jobs, the highest number in nearly ten years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While this kind of shift in jobs is generally a good sign to economists, who view employees optimism to quit and find another job a sign of a booming workplace economy, Millennials seem to have a more cavalier mindset about turning in their two-weeks notice.
According to a survey conducted by Deloitte of 7,500 college-educated working professionals, 66 percent said they hoped to be in a different job within five years, while 44 percent confidently stated their intent to quit their current jobs within two years.
Of these millennials surveyed from 29 different countries, twenty-five percent said that within the year they wanted to begin a new job or just “do something different.”
While these seemingly unsatisfied Millennials may be looked down upon by their older co-workers for jumping ship from job to job, it seems as if labor trends are on the side of the generation with the “anti-work attitude.”
In December 2015, the same month that record breaking numbers of people left their jobs, the level of job openings soared, reaching it’s second-highest-level since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started recording those figures back in 2000.
That same month, employers hired more people than at any one point since November 2006, reported Bloomberg News.
Good news for Millennial “Jumpers” looking to leverage a satisfying job, or just Millennials with a notoriously short attention span.
