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Songs for the ‘Great Resignation' -

Songs for the ‘Great Resignation'

Freddie Mercury performs in 1980.
Freddie Mercury performs in 1980.Steve Jennings/Wire Image, via NPR

by Anna Weggel and Jill Riley

December 14, 2021

According to the Labor Department, nearly 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in September — almost 1 million more than the pre-pandemic amount in September 2019. 

As a response to the pandemic and a general reevaluation of what’s important in life, experts are calling this economic trend “The Great Resignation” or “The Big Quit”, where employees have been voluntarily resigning from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs would you use to quit your job with?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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