The Overview

14. Has the pandemic changed the workplace forever?

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Millions of US workers are quitting or changing jobs in an ongoing trend dubbed the Great Resignation. With job vacancies rising to record highs on both sides of the Atlantic, is the UK also facing a resignations surge? Has the pandemic changed workers' priorities and job expectations forever? And how can businesses attract and retain talent?
This is The Overview.

Presented by Julia O Driscoll. With guests Jonathon Wadsworth, professor of economics at Royal Holloway College and senior research fellow at LSE's Centre for Economic Performance, Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School, and behavioural change coach, Gemma Perlin.
Thanks also to The Week's Kari Wilkin. Produced by Rich Jarman.