A record share of workers worldwide say they want to quit, and the reasons point to pay not keeping up with how much more productive workers have become.

• Nearly half of workers surveyed across dozens of countries say they want to leave their job, beating even the levels seen during the "Great Resignation."
• Low pay is the single biggest reason people want out, ahead of long hours, poor benefits, lack of flexibility, feeling disrespected, and no path to get promoted.
• None of these complaints are new — workers could always cite them — but technology has let the same worker produce far more output in less time over the last 80 years.
• That extra output hasn't turned into either more pay or less work for most people, which is fueling the frustration.

Outlook: Expect quitting intentions and workplace dissatisfaction to stay high until pay growth catches up with productivity gains.