https://techmonitor.ai/leadership/workforce/can-online-freelancers-help-it-departments-survive-great-resignation

The so-called ‘great resignation’ – a reported uptick in staff turnover following the pandemic – has hit IT departments as hard as any other. Nine out of ten tech leaders surveyed in November last year agreed that the pandemic has prompted their staff to reassess their life priorities, making retention harder.

Some tech workers are turning to online ‘gig’ platforms for freelance work. One such platform, Worksome, says that 14% of its recent joiners had left full-time jobs in tech as part of the ‘great resignation’.