“Recession tested people’s values and many realize that it’s not all about work, ” said Adams, adding that workers saw peers climb the corporate ladder? only to be laid off.
But speculation ranges anywhere between 5 million US dollars equivalent on the low end up to multiple hundreds of millions of US dollars equivalent on the high end.
New jobless claims in the U.S. dipped last week, but remained high at 840,000. That news came today, as prospects for more economic relief remained unclear.
A nationwide rail strike could paralyze shipments of food, crude oil, and industrial materials, and supply chain disruptions could fuel already high inflation.