Chip Workers Are Likely to Quit Jobs, Worsening Labor Shortage
- More than half of US workers poised to leave, McKinsey finds
- Labor shortfall persists despite new training programs
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At a time when the US is looking to attract more skilled workers to semiconductor manufacturing, many current employees are rethinking whether they want to stick around, according to a McKinsey & Co. report that underscores the chip industry’s labor challenges.
More than half of semiconductor and electronics employees said in 2023 that they are at least somewhat likely to leave their current jobs in the next three to six months, according to the report. That’s up from around two-fifths of workers in 2021. The most commonly cited reason was a lack of career development, followed by limited workplace flexibility.