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"A lack of employer loyalty is a defining feature of Generation Y." Before attempting such overarching explanations, try simpler ones first: It's very easy to
by Jun8 13y ago
"A lack of employer loyalty is a defining feature of Generation Y."
Before attempting such overarching explanations, try simpler ones first: It's very easy to change jobs in the Valley due to (i) neutron star -like tech company density and (ii) a social graph that has an unnaturally large number of connections. Both of these stem from how the place got started. Compare the churn rates with, say, Chicago, and you'll see that they are quiet different.
The other important point that this (brain dead) article does not consider is the high rate of learning you experience at these companies. Working at a top company like Google or Facebook or like getting a MS, in perhaps half the time. If you work on the right projects and you pay attention, you can gain tremendous insider knowledge in less than a year, which increases your marketability. Then the salary/position you've been hired for may not be applicable any more.
- hvs 13y agoI find that any time an article references a "generation" it is the product of lazy writing/thinking. Plotting individuals along some imaginary scale based on when they were born is only slightly more useful than using horoscopes. I say this a "Gen X'er" (I think. I was born in 1976 as a product of "Baby Boomers" so I've never known exactly what personality traits I was supposed to exhibit.)
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- greenyoda 13y agoAlso, loyalty to an employer used to mean a lot more in the days (which are long gone) when employers actually had loyalty to their workers. These days, most employers will be happy to fire you, with no prior notice, if they think they can find someone who'll do the same work for less (e.g., temp workers who get no benefits, or offshore workers), or if they want to show Wall Street a quick spike in profits to boost their sagging stock price.
- Jormundir 13y agoI think this is a more interesting topic than the article. The results of building flat companies is that employees don't have much room to move up. So it's a much better career move to switch companies in order to get into a higher position. You learn a lot, and then a year later feel like your career is stagnating again and have no good opportunities to move up within the company you're in, so you jump again. I feel it's almost a bad career move to stick it out with the same company, because the tech companies I've worked at are so terrible and / or slow about promoting from within.
- LockeWatts 13y agoThis attitude is something that I've heard from many colleagues. If you're not being promoted within your company, staying there for more than two to three years is bad for you. I wonder if hiring managers approach it the same way. Do they understand that company loyalty is no longer a hire-able quality?