most misunderstood. what does the data tell you about why people are leaving their jobs? well, kate, you're right. this is one of the most fascinating and misunderstood trends of 2021. as you mentioned, workers are quitting at a pace we've just never seen before. quits crashed when covid erupted but that real picked up steam in 2021 and between july and october more than 4 million americans quit their job each money, and this is happening for a whole number of reasons, including health concerns, a desire for more pay and more flexibility and also child care issues, but there's also these misconceptions about the great resignation. now one of them is, that you know, people are quitting to leave the workforce entirely, and that's often not the case. a lot of times people are actually quitting to stay in the workforce but in a better job, again, maybe with more flexibility and better benefits