Is “The Great Resignation” a Myth?
From Boom Towns to Zoom Towns, Upwork’s chief economist Adam Ozimek has studied the numbers and is here to tell you how to think about the changes caused by remote work.
Adam Ozimek is a writer and economist interested in labor, urban issues, and demographics among other things.
He is the chief economist at Upwork, one of the world’s largest websites for freelancers, where he leads research into the future of work and labor market trends.
Adam Ozimek, Upwork’s chief economist
His work has been cited far and wide and he has written for likes of The Atlantic, Fast Company, and Forbes, where he wrote the Modeled Behavior blog.
His writing on remote work and his forecasting on this and other issues is a clear-headed look at where labor markets are going and how we might get there, and what it means for workers, for companies and for cities around the world.
We recently spoke to Adam about the ways in which the pandemic changed the idea of remote work, about the myths of the so-called Great Resignation, about remote work as a “general purpose technology” that companies need to accept, about superstar cities and Zoom Towns, and what the numbers are telling him—and us—about the future of work overall.
From boom towns to Zoom Towns, Adam Ozimek is thinking about …. A lot. Luckily, for those of us trying to make sense of all this, he’s never been busier.
For more information on Adam Ozimek visit his website, or visit Upwork, or follow him on Twitter @ModeledBehavior.
Show Notes
Adam’s website offers an introduction to his work.
Adam on LinkedIn
Adam on Twitter
The surprising stats behind The Great Resignation
A conversation Adam took part in about the future of cities
A look at the so-called labor shortage
And another look it.