America's 'Great Resignation' and how Covid has changed its workplace

This week’s column comes from New York where I have been spending the last few days exploring the ‘city that never sleeps’.

Thanks to the pandemic, this is my first visit to the USA for a while and it has been a fascinating to experience how the country has changed and adapted to the challenges of the last two years.

Whilst the economy has recovered, the key trend has been that of the “Great Resignation” where a record number of workers have left their employers. In fact, a staggering 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in February 2022.