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"Are you frustrated with your employer’s lack of commitment to sustainability?
Maybe “climate quitting” is for you. Climate quitting means leaving your job
due to concerns about your employer’s impact on the climate or because you want
to work directly on addressing climate issues.
If you’re contemplating leaving your job over climate concerns, you’re not
alone. Half of Gen Z employees (people born between the late 1990s and early
2010s) in the UK have already resigned from a job due to a conflict in values.
And 48% of people aged 18–41 say they are willing to take a pay cut to work for
a company that aligns with their sustainability values.
Oil and gas companies in particular are finding it difficult to attract new
talent, in part because they have been losing credibility amid the growing
climate crisis. This trend of climate quitting only adds to the industry’s
talent challenges.
Our research has involved interviewing dozens of people – including many who
are still in the early stages of their careers – who have left the oil and gas
industry because of their environmental concerns. The industry is often blamed
for its contribution to the climate crisis, making it an ideal case to study
climate quitting – despite its own efforts to downplay its role in global
warming.
Leaving your job is never an easy decision, and the climate quitters we spoke
to revealed that they had actually enjoyed many aspects of their jobs. They
were paid well, found their work intellectually rewarding and had opportunities
for career development and travel. So, what is motivating people to quit their
jobs over climate concerns?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
