The Great... Reshuffle?💡
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Season 2: Episode 63 Description
In today's episode: 💼 In 2021 more Americans left their jobs, than any other year, EVER, so today we're talking about "The Great Resignation." 🎒 Correspondent LizaBanks Campagna to take a closer look at how this is impacting one of the places that you, Ten'ers, go to the most. ✔️ Fun Fact check: what does SCUBA stand for? And, test your shark knowledge on today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅
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Interactive Chart: How Historic Has the Great Resignation Been? (shrm.org)
The Great Resignation rages on as record number of 4.5 million Americans quit | Fortune
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TRANSCRIPT:
Bethany Van Delft 0:01
Question. Have you been to a restaurant lately or store and seen the sign that said they were short-staffed. In 2021, more Americans left their jobs than any other year, ever. So today we're going to explore the "Great Resignation", and how it might affect you. I'm Bethany Van Delft. It's January 27th. And this is the Ten News.
Various Voices 0:31
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Bethany Van Delft 0:39
You might have heard adults talking about the Great Resignation. That term was likely created by Anthony Klotz, a professor at Texas A&M, who predicted that a huge number of people would quit or leave their jobs in 2021. And they did just that, through November 2021, an average of more than 3.9 million workers quit and left their jobs each month. And in November of 2021 alone, 4.5 million workers quit and left their jobs, which means 2021 will hold the highest average in US history. And this has affected all the different industries. But the most affected have been the retail, hospitality, and food industries. Retail is the stores that you shop in. And the hospitality industry includes people that work at restaurants, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and theme parks just to name a few. And that's why your food might have taken so long to come out or why your parents couldn't find someone to help them at the grocery store. And, while the people who work in hospitality, foodservice, and retail work incredibly hard to take care of us. Those jobs are often low-paying, hourly wages. Seriously? Which could be one of the reasons why they're leaving. This is an outrage. You know, with so many people leaving their jobs, it's hard to tell exactly why. The pandemic has made a lot of people reevaluate how they're approaching their careers. And guess what? There are more people being hired than there are people quitting, that's great, and hopefully finding even better jobs. So the term Great Resignation isn't entirely accurate because people aren't just quitting and playing Roblox. They're getting different jobs than they had before. So maybe instead of the great resignation, you might call it the great reshuffling. You might be wondering, how does the great reshuffling affect me? Our correspondent LizaBanks Campagna took a closer look at how this is impacting the places that you go the most. Take it away, LizaBanks.
LizaBanks Campagna 3:02
Are you seeing some new faces in your school right now? Or maybe teachers swapping classes and covering for each other? Schools around the country are struggling to find substitute teachers to fill in when teachers have to miss school, which has become especially common as Omicron surges. I talked to my friend Martin Phillips of Arlington County Public Schools in Virginia to find out why this is happening and maybe discover some silver linings. In 2020, schools went online, the demand for substitute teachers disappeared, causing them to lose their jobs and become unemployed. Okay, that's bad. Substitute teachers only get paid when they work. And so when there was a long stretch from March of 2020, until November of last year when schools started to slowly go back to in-person learning substitutes were unable to work and did not get paid. Aw, man, the pandemic made many of them realize that substitute teaching isn't exactly the most secure profession in the pandemic era, so many of them moved on to find more steady jobs. Now, there are just a lot fewer substitute teachers that can be called on to fill in for a full-time teacher who's absent, causing schools to scramble. So what are schools doing to handle the shortage of teachers? They're finding subs for the subs. Why? Some school districts have started to recruit in their community by asking for help from retired teachers, church groups, and even parents of students. Can you imagine walking into your classroom only to find your parent is your teacher for the day? No, thanks. Ah. In many instances, what ends up happening is teachers within schools are having to cover for each other foregoing their lunch breaks or any free periods to rush over to neighboring classrooms to ensure that there's always a teacher present. The shortage has hit public schools especially hard. Brenda Casellas has been teaching fourth grade and also helping run the COVID test for students while still serving as the superintendent for the entire public school system in Boston. Wow. special education teachers are also being asked to step up and help out but this is taking away from students who need extra care and attention to help them learn. There is some good news though. Because of the substitute teacher shortage, Rockstar substitutes like my friend Martin Phillips have been kept really busy. He's received a pay increase and bonuses from the county he teaches for. high five. So the next time you have a substitute teacher, show him a little extra appreciation and be grateful that it isn't your mom filling in for the day.
Bethany Van Delft 5:22
Thanks, LizaBanks, substitute teachers are really important people that help us get our education when our teachers can't be there. So remember to thank yours for filling in. Everyone heard of scuba diving? It's when you dive into the ocean with a tank of air that helps you breathe underwater. Like a fish. Scuba is an acronym, meaning each letter in scuba stands for a different word. Scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. So cool, right? Do you know a tuba stands for terrible underwater breathing apparatus? Do not use a tuba underwater, trust me. Now let's see what else is going on. Next time you grab some m&ms, the mascots on the packaging might look a little different. The most noticeable change is on their feet. Green m&ms boots have been swapped out for cool laid back sneakers. Overall, the company that makes m&ms says the makeover is an attempt to make the cast of the characters more gender-inclusive, cool. Scientists have discovered a two-mile-long coral reef off the coast of Tahiti, an island in the Pacific Ocean. It was found at a depth of the ocean known as The Twilight Zone where there is just enough light for organisms to live. Even more amazing is that unlike many of the world's reefs, this one appears to be healthy and unaffected by climate change. Excellent. And we have more exciting news from the world of Marine Science. Researchers investigating a sunken ship in the Philippine Sea captured the first-ever video of a big fin squid, some 20,000 feet below the surface. Because it lives so deep in the ocean sightings of this squid species are extremely rare. Coming up next...
Various Voices 7:32
What, what, what's the big idea?
Bethany Van Delft 7:35
Trivia on the Ten. Since we just talked about scuba diving, we're going back to the ocean. How many bones does a shark have? Is it a) 2647 b) 432 or c) zero? Did you guess it? The answer is C. Sharks have zero bones. Sharks are known as species of fish. But unlike fish, a shark skeleton is entirely made up of cartilage. What does that mean? You have cartilage in your nose and your ears. So you actually have a little in common with a shark. So exciting. But hopefully, your teeth aren't as sharp. Time is up, but before we go, here's a quick note for the grownups. Thanks for listening to the Ten News. Look out for our new episodes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and extras on Saturdays. The Ten News is a co-production of Small But Mighty Media and Next Chapter podcasts and is distributed by iHeartRadio. The Ten News creative team is still deciding what to call hot chocolate when it gets cold and includes Tracey Crooks, Pete Musto, Adam Barnard, Ryan Willard, Tessa Flannery, and Nathalie Alonso. LizaBanks Campagna contributed to this episode. Our production director is Jeremiah Tittle. And our executive producers are Donald Albright and show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan. I'm Bethany Van Delft and thanks for listening to the Ten News. I think we can just call that chocolate milk. What do you think?
