4.3 million people quit their jobs in the US in August, the Labor Department said yesterday. That’s an astronomical amount—the most on record—and represents nearly 3% of the workforce.
Where are workers quitting the most?
- 892,000 workers left restaurants, bars, and hotels.
- 721,000 left their retail gigs.
- 706,000 ditched their jobs in professional business services and 534,000 in health care and social assistance.