# The Great Resignation, that boom in ‘quiet quitters’ – and actual ones – that erupted in the pandemic is over.

*genai · news · 2026-05-07 · The Independent*

## Key points

- Job-to-job quitting in the UK fell from 450,000 in mid-2022 to 205,000 by late 2025.
- Growth in Individual Savings Accounts was substantial, with 15 million new accounts in 2023-2024.
- Stocks and shares ISAs reached a record 4.1 million accounts in the latest year reported.
- A rising group dubbed 'super quitters' is saving aggressively to prepare for AI-driven job loss.
- Sam Altman confirmed that companies may falsely blame layoffs on AI, but real impacts could intensify soon.

**Companies:** OpenAI
**Countries:** United States, United Kingdom

[Read the full story on The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ai-job-switching-cipd-employment-employers-workers-tech-b2971658.html)

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