MINNEAPOLIS—With record numbers of Americans quitting their jobs, a team of economists published data Friday that traces the trend known as the Great Resignation to Comedy Central’s continuous airing of Office Space during the formative years of the nation’s workforce. “An analysis of the classic comedy’s frequent…
MINNEAPOLIS—With record numbers of Americans quitting their jobs, a team of economists published data Friday that traces the trend known as the Great Resignation to Comedy Central’s continuous airing ofduring the formative years of the nation’s workforce.
4 million Americans who left their jobs in September did so because they saw similarities between their own workplaces and the fictional Initech, the bleak, soulless company where the film is set. “Becausewas running in the background throughout their youth, the millennials in today’s labor market were doing impressions of the boss character Bill Lumbergh before they ever took their first job—an experience that strongly influenced their attitudes toward corporate hierarchy.
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