De Grutte Ûntslachtrend Is Noait Ophâlden
July 21, 2026 · Frisian News
Workers quit at elevated rates despite claims the Great Resignation has ended. The labor market has not returned to 2019 levels.
FryskIt ûntslachpersintaazje yn de Feriene Steaten yn juny 2026 bedraacht 2,3 prosint, krekt boppe de basis fan foar 2021 fan 2,1 prosint. Dat betsjut dat sawat 3,5 miljoen wurknimmers de foarige moanne harren baan ferlieten. Doe't de arbeidsmerksifers yn maaie boppe dizze drompel kamen, ferklearren kranten dat de Grutte Ûntslachtrend úteinlik foarby wie. De data sizze wat oars.
Begjin 2022 stoppe it ûntslachpersintaazje mei stijen en sjoernalisten paken harren ferhaal yn. Wurkjouwers jubelen, wiisjend op nij thúswurkbelied en tekenbonussen dy't se úteinlik oanbieden. Wat wier barde: de arbeidsmerk waard krappar, net de ûntfredening fan wurknimmers. Leanstiging bleau efter op ynflaasje. Wurknimmers stopten net mei fuortgean om't se harren weardearje fielden, mar om't de folgjende kâns like sa min derút seach.
Tusken 2024 en no feroare de foarm fan de eksodus. Âldere wurknimmers begûnen jierren earder mei pensjoen te gean ynstee fan ûntslach te akseptearjen op harren fyftichste. Jongere wurknimmers ferfarren rapper fan baan, om sawol stagnearjende leanen as de weromkomst nei it kantoar ûntrinne te kinnen. In Pew-ûndersyk fan maart die bliken dat 64 prosint fan dejingen dy't fan baan wisselen 'minne beleaning' en 'gebrek oan respekt' as reden neamde. De ûntslachen stopten noait. Se waarden inkeld dreger om as ien trend oan te wizen.
Tech-bedriuwen namen yn 2025 tûzenen wurknimmers oan, mar mei 15 oant 20 prosint legere salaries as deselde funksjes yn 2021. Sûnenssoarchsystemen melde krityske ferpleechkundige personieltekorten, hoewol ferpleechkundigen wegerje de sektor yn te gean. Fabrikaazje hat rekords sjoen yn pensjoenearings fan tafersjochhâlders en oanhâldende ûntslachen ûnder arbeiders. Wat harren ferbûnt: wurkjouwers reagearren op de ûntslachtrend net mei better lean of betere arbeidsomstannichheden, mar mei leanbefriezing, fersnelling, en stranjer tafersjoch.
De Grutte Ûntslachtrend is net foarby. Wurknimmers stopten mei wachtsjen oant de merk better waard en makken dêrynstee harren eigen karren. Guon ferlieten de arbeidsmerk foar de tiid. Guon akseptearren leger lean by lytsere wurkjouwers. Guon ferfarren alle twa jier fan baan om salarisferheging te pakken. De arbeidsmerk fan 2026 is net de arbeidsmerk fan 2019. Wurkjouwers kinne it ferhaal oerskriuwe. De sifers toane de wierheid.
The US quit rate in June 2026 sits at 2.3 percent, just above the pre-2021 baseline of 2.1 percent. That means roughly 3.5 million workers left their jobs last month. When Labor Department numbers crossed that threshold in May, headlines declared the Great Resignation finally finished. The data says otherwise.
Start of 2022, the resignation rate stopped climbing and journalists packed up their story. Employers celebrated, pointing to new work-from-home policies and signing bonuses they had finally started offering. What actually happened: the job market tightened, not the worker discontent. Wage growth lagged inflation. Workers stopped leaving not because they felt valued, but because the next opportunity looked just as bad.
Between 2024 and now, the shape of the exodus changed. Older workers began retiring years ahead of schedule rather than accept layoffs in their 50s. Younger workers cycled jobs faster, moving to escape both stagnant pay and the return-to-office mandates. A Pew survey from March showed 64 percent of job changers cited "poor compensation" or "lack of respect" as their reason. The resignations never stopped. They just became harder to name as a unified trend.
Tech companies hired back thousands of workers in 2025, but at 15 to 20 percent lower salaries than those same roles commanded in 2021. Healthcare systems report critical nursing shortages even as nursing graduates refuse to enter the field. Manufacturing has seen record retirements in supervisory roles and steady quits among line workers. What connects them: employers responded to the resignation wave not with better pay or working conditions, but with wage freezes, speedups, and tighter control.
The Great Resignation did not end. Workers stopped waiting for the market to improve and made their own choices instead. Some left the workforce early. Some took lower pay at smaller employers. Some job-hopped every two years to capture raises. The labor market of 2026 is not the labor market of 2019. Employers can spin the narrative. The numbers show the truth.
Published July 21, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân