Although it is well established that Americans rarely stay in one career for their entire lives, the “Great Resignation” made that fact undeniable, writes Idaho Capital Sun reporter Audrey Dutton, and now it’s come to Idaho health care employment, causing a major shake-up.
“The pandemic made many of us realize what we took for granted — from in-person education to toilet paper,” said Tess Keim, a physician assistant moving out of her career.
The rate of health care workers quitting their jobs in the pandemic has broken records, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — peaking in November at a rate 40% higher than at any point since the data began in 2000. Some quit to join staffing companies whose recruiters offered premium pay for work in crisis zones. But some of them left health care altogether.
