Quitters, part 1
2021 was a big year for quitting. Millions of Americans resigned. For the first episode in our series on \u201cquitters,\u201d we go to a restaurant in Arkansas where nearly every employee \u2013 and the owners \u2013 found themselves reassessing their work, and their lives.
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This year, millions of Americans quit their jobs in the \u201cGreat Resignation.\u201d
Over the next three days on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d we\u2019re talking to some of the \u201cquitters\u201d and exploring why so many people are reassessing the role of work in their lives right now.
On today\u2019s show, economics correspondent Heather Long and \u201cPost Reports\u201d Executive Producer Maggie Penman head to Arkansas to tell the story of a family-run restaurant. And they report on how the stressors of covid, the pressures of running a small business and the hope for better, more-balanced lives led to a great resignation of sorts.