HR & Recruiting — Workforce Paralysis Emerges: Employee Learning Disengagement Coincides with Job-Leave Reluctance

HR & Recruiting · 2026-02-25

The HR industry is witnessing a paradoxical workforce stagnation pattern where employees are simultaneously expressing desire for growth while showing resistance to both engagement and mobility. This contradiction signals a deeper structural issue in the post-pandemic labor market - a fundamental misalignment between stated employee aspirations and actual behavioral patterns. The phenomenon…