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A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs across the U,S., a trend some have dubbed the “Great Resignation.” But the phenomenon is making an outsized impact in some regions: In Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho, more than 4% of workers voluntarily left their jobs in August — the highest rates in the country. Perhaps […]

Workers are joining the "Great Resignation" due to burnout, COVID-19 anxiety and a search for higher wages, experts say.

Millions of Americans have quit their jobs due to pandemic burnout. Many have started their own companies.

All right, tonight, were takinga i closer look at whats being called "the great resignation." 4.3 million americans quit their jobs in august alone. thats actually a record. the biggest reason: burnout. and rather than complain about the boss, thousands have become one by starting their own companies. heres cbs mark strassmann. >> reporter: nick folmar had pandemic panic, furloughed by his janitorial company 13 months ago when no one else was hiring. >> if im going to have something, im going to...

Own boss. in one survey, nearly one-third of workers who quit started their own business. ominously for employers, in another survey, 95% of workers say they were thinking about quitting. >> im done with the cubicle. im done commuting. im done sitting in an office. >> reporter: professor tom smith studies the pandemics labor market friends add can cae emory universitys business school. >> maybe the looking craziness in the eye and coming up on the on the other end of it has made people reevaluat...