Nearly half of Singapore workforce want to resign out of work exhaustion: Microsoft study Enterprise PHOTO: Wilson Wong for Techgoondu Flexible work arrangements during the pandemic have contributed to worker productivity in Singapore but it has also caused workforce exhaustion so much so that 49 per cent of employees here want to resign, according to a Microsoft study released yesterday. The desire for continued flexible remote work and leaders being out of touch with the well-being of employees were other reasons cited by the study. The Microsoft Work Index outlines findings from a study conducted earlier this year that included 30,000 people in 31 countries. From Singapore, the study covered 1,002 business leaders, executives and GenZ persons between 18 and 27 years old.