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Quitting your job

Most workers who switched jobs earned more, Pew study finds

by Stephanie Hughes
Jul 28, 2022
Even when adjusted for inflation, 60% percent of workers who changed jobs earned more in their new roles.  
Pay is a highly visible reason people leave one job for another.
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The Calling

Glass art called to him, so he left Home Depot to make marbles

by Marielle Segarra
May 16, 2022
Hunter Read traded in his day job for long hours and the physically demanding task of crafting artsy marbles. And he loves it.
“You couldn’t stop me from doing this if you tried,“ Hunter Read says of making his faceted glass marbles.
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My Economy

Leaving the lab to hunt mosquitoes in the swamp

by Sean McHenry
Sep 7, 2021
Mel Glenn, based in the Denver metro area, on why she decided to leave her lab job to become a seasonal mosquito control technician.
"I'm basically a mosquito hunter," said Mel Glenn, pictured here in a mosquito control position she previously held.
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Quit your job! It proves the economy's getting better

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 27, 2014
After plummeting in the recession, the rate of voluntary job-quitting is slowly rising. But it's not high enough to show the job market is healthy, yet.
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A woman quit her job on TV: Good news for the economy?

by Sally Herships
Feb 3, 2014
So was no one at the Department of Labor watching the Superbowl?
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Ask Money

Burning bridges while going viral: What are your rights when you lose a job?

by Carmen Wong Ulrich
Jan 9, 2014
There's a recent trend of (former) employees quitting jobs and putting up videos and comments on social media criticizing their employer. How many weeks of pay would you give up to be able to say what you want to about your job and not worry about burning a bridge?
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