The Economy Is So Good That People Are GHOSTING Their Jobs

Washington Post- Economists report that workers are starting to act like millennials on Tinder: They’re ditching jobs with nary a text.

“A number of contacts said that they had been ‘ghosted,’ a situation in which a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago noted in December’s Beige Book, which tracks employment trends.

Analysts blame America’s increasingly tight labor market. Job openings have surpassed the number of seekers for eight straight months, and the unemployment rate has clung to a 49-year low of 3.7 percent since September.

“Why hassle with a boss and a bunch of out-processing,” he said, “when literally everyone has been hiring?”

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Man, really? Back when I was working like a real human, the idea of ghosting a job was totally out of the question. You had to make sure you left on good terms because your NEXT JOB WOULD CALL YOUR OLD JOB TO ASK IF YOU WERE A DICK. That’s how it worked. “References.” You had to list them, along with the contact info, on your application. Granted, you could easily list your buddy’s phone number and give him a two-minute briefing on what you did. That led to a glowing, personal recommendation. But it was always safer to leave a job on good terms.

I understand ghosting in relationships. Nobody likes conflict. Breakups are the most awkward thing ever. Especially if someone starts crying. Why deal with that when you can just block their number, email, snapchat messenger, facebook messenger, Instagram DM, and twitter DM? That’s a nice, clean break. He/she will get the message eventually, right?

But ghosting your job? Ruthless, and also potentially hazardous to your career. At least that’s how it used to be. This article says that jobs are so easy to come by that nobody cares about burning bridges anymore. Let’s enjoy it while it lasts.