Great regret? Millions of Americans wish they did not quit jobs

About 20 million Americans quit their jobs in the first five months of this year, in what's come to be known as the Great Resignation. More than one-quarter of those who left work are reconsidering whether they made the right move, according to a study of more than 15,000 job seekers conducted over the past three months by Joblist, an artificial intelligence job-search platform. The surge in resignations has been linked to Covid risks in the workplace, new opportunities created by work-from-home, and a general sense that Americans have been rethinking their professional lives amid the turmoil of a pandemic. The level of job quits this year is roughly double what it was a decade ago. But the Joblist survey found a range of reasons why some of those who left are having second thoughts.