40 Percent Of U.S. Workers Considering Quitting Their Jobs—Where Are They Going?

NEW YORK – The number of employees who are considering quitting their jobs right now is around 40%, a number that hasn’t changed much in recent months.

A survey by Microsoft in March found that 41 percent of workers were thinking about leaving their jobs, and another survey last week by McKinsey put that number at 40 percent.

“This isn’t just a passing trend, or a pandemic-related change to the labor market,” Bonnie Dowling, a co-author of the McKinsey report, told CNBC. “There’s been a fundamental shift in workers’ mentality, and their willingness to prioritize other things in their life beyond whatever job they hold.”

But while the number of workers who want to leave their jobs has remained remarkably consistent, fewer and fewer are reverting to traditional office jobs, with a growing number seeking nontraditional roles, or even the opportunity to start a new business.

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