Today, we're anchoring on the global resignation currently taking place from working in the real world, to working in the Metaverse; the 3rd and last instalment of our 3-part series on what the Metaverse is.
If you haven't yet read Part 1: The Basics, I'll wait...
And if you haven't yet read Part 2: The Digital Economy, I'll wait...
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Now that you're back, let's get stuck into Part 3: The Digital Resignation.
We've all been hearing about 'The Great Resignation" since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago. In a nutshell, it refers to the monumental shift that took place in the workforce once fun workspaces, free lunches and after-work drinks were no longer reasons to enjoy the working environment. It prompted people to ask themselves, "Do I actually like my job?"
Since then, we have seen a huge amount of change in how the working world has advanced. Remote working has now become a key element that employees look for when accepting job offers and we've also seen another shift towards employees choosing much more meaningful roles and eagerly quitting jobs in search for bigger and better, throwing caution to the wind.
How does the Metaverse tie into all of this?
Similarly, the advancement of technology during this same period of time has provided more opportunities for employees and a bigger talent pool for employers as with all the innovations being welcomed into the workplace, diversity in every sense of the word, has been the result. The Metaverse is a symbol of this exodus as it encourages more flexibility and control over our personal lives, in line with our prospective careers and plans as digital solutions are being discovered and utilised.
It’s Okay To Jump Ship
More and more employees are starting to realise that their skills are widely transferable across other sectors and industries. For example, someone who has worked in radio their whole career, can now pivot to work in providing news online without many people raising an eyebrow. Alongside this notion, we've seen how major corporations have also taken this digital advancement on board and opened up their practices to the Metaverse. Companies such as Walmart and Nike have created offices and employee lounge areas via the Metaverse, making it more appealing to those in favour of remote working and having a more gamified experience of their day-to-day jobs.
High Stress = More Burnout = Higher Resignation
As attractive as grand salaries are, recent studies have shown that this is no longer the number one factor that attracts people to job roles. We are now seeing more individuals base their careers on passion and alignment with their personal values and beliefs. If you’re passionate about education, you can now choose a training role within the Metaverse that is still 'hands on' by being immersive and due to its digital nature, allows learning to surpass the usual number of students you'd only be able to tend to within a classroom setting. The options truly are endless and with thanks to this huge reshuffle, people are finally finding the roles that they have always dreamed of.
Freelance Is Freedom
During the pandemic, many workers decided that they had enough of working 9-5, five days a week. As a result, many people decided to start freelancing and this is where ideas were formed in transferring skills from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0; onto the Metaverse.
Freelance essentially means freedom and on your own terms. In building the Metaverse, the essence behind it is bringing physical experiences to life via digital means and so everyday jobs you would expect to see in real life, are required for the architecture of the Metaverse. This mean that no industry's talent will go to waste. In fact, the opposite is true and Metaverse planners are calling out for those with a wide range of transferable skills that can be creatively applied to the needs of the Metaverse.
In addition to this, remote working in general has demonstrated that people can work effectively from anywhere and after a while, many employees have started to crave even more freedom which the Metaverse so happily provides.
Are We Ready For Metaverse Jobs?
Much of our readiness depends on the legal frameworks around building structures, institutions and economies within the Metaverse. An example is how we use laws to regulate the use and protection of data within the physical world. A tough task for organisations looking to benefit from work spaces and ventures within the Metaverse would be in establishing how these laws around protecting the data of their workers can be translated in a virtual world. This, along with many other real life experiences such as misconduct, negligence, discrimination and crime must be regulated in some kind of way and until those rules and processes are fully established, the Metaverse is still susceptible to having these occurrences overlooked.
Nonetheless, these are the questions currently being asked and these are the ideas simultaneously being driven. It is only a matter of time before the components needed in creating a safe-for-all digital space will find its way into the mainstream and will be open for all to explore and discover digital dimensions like never before.
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