The Great Resignation wave is ending


SINGAPORE: A year after acute talent shortages let workers call the shots over job picks, salaries and working conditions, power has trickled back to bosses – just not totally.

A survey by Milieu Insight for The Straits Times showed that 68% of Singaporean workers were more likely to stay put in their jobs, a sharp reversal from 2022, when multiple surveys showed a majority of local workers – some as high as seven in 10 – planned to quit work within six months.

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