#workersofreno speak up!
A new series we are starting on our channels. Reach out if you'd like to contribute.
Following the pandemic and the “Great Resignation”, there’s also been quiet quitting, which basically means setting boundaries. The term the Great Reshuffle has also been bandied around.
It’s been a confusing job market. Rounds of layoffs and / or facility shutdowns such as recently with Custom Ink in Reno make headlines, while there are an estimated 10 million job openings across the country where hiring remains robust, including here. New hires typically are offered more than existing employees, creating division, disgruntlement and departures. Hiring involves a complicated game of jockeying, counter-offers and late reversals.
Employees also want purpose.
Two thirds of employees now cite their employers’ positive impact as more important than before COVID-19 hit —identical to the increase in importance of compensation.
Organizations are responding instead by creating new working norms where flexibility is tantamount, but wage increases are lagging to match inflationary pressures. The sense of purpose workers are craving for is sometimes promised but rarely met.
A majority of workers who have been quitting their jobs in recent years cite low pay and a lack of opportunities for advancement, while feeling disrespected and unfulfilled.
Despite management and companies using the risk of a looming recession as a fear tactic, a pivot to more power for workers creating better overall conditions for themselves is definitely at play.
In this light, we have decided to start a #workersofreno “Glassdoor” type series exposing local workplaces for what they are so we can all be better informed. Don’t hesitate to reach out if we should look into your own place of work. Our main point of contact is here: http://www.ourtownreno.com/contact but you can also reach out by messaging privately through our affiliated social media channels.
Our Reporting Highlights this Week
Our social media included a photo series of the market’s food court, looking busy on a Thursday for lunchtime (above), while Midtown (below) was full of cars but empty of pedestrians, despite a brief break in stormy weather.
