The great resignation may see another, more conscience-driven wave as US workers debate exiting companies whose responses to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade left something to be desired.
A new survey by equality nonprofit Catalyst found that 30% of employees are thinking about leaving their jobs because of how their employers responded to the Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal right to an abortion. In the days leading up to and after the ruling, companies across the country said they would pay for travel-related costs should employees need to go out of state for abortion services.
Those statements may have been too little, too late. In response to the Catalyst poll, 44% percent of respondents said their company isn’t doing enough to protect abortion rights. That includes those that don’t cover abortion care in their health-care plans as well as those that didn’t offer travel as an additional benefit. Catalyst polled 1,200 US-based employees for the survey, 33% of whom said they want their company’s chief executive officer to be vocal about abortion rights.
