"Great Resignation" meaning in English

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          "text": "On the other hand, the Great Resignation — the emergence of what look like labor shortages even though employment is still five million below its prepandemic level, and even further below its previous trend — remains somewhat mysterious.",
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          "text": "In fact, accommodation and food services, which has been hardest hit by the Great Resignation, has also created one out of every three net new jobs in 2021. Does that make any sense? Only if you think about this as a job-switching revolution.",
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          "text": "His [Ranjay Gulati’s] research on how companies energize employees is even more vital during this era of the so-called Great Resignation.",
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