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That 72% stat about people quitting their jobs last month fell apart when I checked who they actually asked
A friend sent me a chart last week saying 72% of workers under 30 plan to quit this year, and it was going around LinkedIn pretty good. I clicked the source and it traced back to a survey of 412 people recruited through one company's own email list, mostly in tech. So the "workers under 30" group was really like 60 people who already follow a career advice brand. I ran the math and the margin of error on that slice is close to plus or minus 13 points, which makes 72% kind of meaningless. Also the survey question asked if they would "consider" leaving, not if they plan to quit, two very different asks. Does anyone here have a good rule for spotting which sample sizes actually hold up before you share the chart?
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