millions of workers like folmer leaving the job market for good, often to become their own boss.ne-third of workers who quit started their own business. ominously for employers, in another survey, 95% of workers said they were thinking about quitting. >> done with the cubicle. i'm done commuting. i'm done sitting in an office. >> reporter: professor tom smith studies the pandemic's labor market trends at emory university's business school. what explains why people are willing to take that leap now? >> maybe the looking craziness in the eye and coming out on the other end of it has made people reevaluate how much risk is actually involved. >> reporter: hustling in a crisis, folmer found pandemic prosperity. more money, more time with his family, better life balance. >> i took this dream and ran with it. and with it i carried my family. >> reporter: with a paycheck he created, folmer can take this job -- >> nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, achin