> Someone else wrote, more gently, "While I feel you're spot on with most of your facts you've got gen x all wrong." They added: "My generation leads in workpl

> Someone else wrote, more gently, "While I feel you're spot on with most of your facts you've got gen x all wrong." They added: "My generation leads in workplace dissatisfaction and realized 2 decades ago that there was no more corporate loyalty." this was exactly my thought as I was reading through the article. Every generation has complaints about the next generation, one of the "faults" for my generation (Gen-X) was no workplace loyalty. But my generation watched what loyalty got our parents. If companies want loyalty they need to be loyal. > We're used to hearing 20-somethings complain about the state of corporate America today. But I didn't expect to receive such an outpouring of dismay and disillusionment from seasoned workplace veterans. I'd written the story for young people, as a defense of their decision to rebel against the notion that we owe our employers a debt of gratitude. The author is seriously missing a lot of historical context. the younger generations have moved even further in this regard, but this isn't an age-based phenomenon, it's a reaction to how businesses have acted. Used to someone would work for 40 years for the same company and retire with a pension. Nowadays you're more likely to be fired a year or two before your pension, if you're offered one at all.