[WomanBiologist]

Or maybe some of the so-called "entitlement generation" are just not going to take the same crap that our parents took. My mom has been a dedicated employee for 32 years at the same company. Has a perfect record. Never takes her full allotment of vacation or sick time. Her bosses treat her like crap. They have no respect for her. They treat her like a dog. Maybe we're just sick of being taken for granted. Maybe we want a boss that will give us respect (after we've earned it). But we don't want to wait 30 or 40 years - and still not have it.

[Nowhere Man]

Or maybe some of the so-called "entitlement generation" are just not going to take the same crap that our parents took. My mom has been a dedicated employee for 32 years at the same company. Has a perfect record. Never takes her full allotment of vacation or sick time. Her bosses treat her like crap. They have no respect for her. They treat her like a dog. Maybe we're just sick of being taken for granted. Maybe we want a boss that will give us respect (after we've earned it). But we don't want to wait 30 or 40 years - and still not have it.

I understand where some of these younger people (I'll be 39 next week) come from on one level, you just said it. I know you have to prove yourself to employers and beyond that but I think there is some loyalty expected in return to the employee if they do their best and get the jobs done. Like you, growing up in a single parent home, I've seen my mother put up with a lot of crap only to get stepped on. Yes, there are time we all have to buck up, but there are times I think the pendulum has swung too far in the employer's camp. I'm old enough to remember the stable post-war economy, well at least as it continued onward into the 1960's and 1970's until what we knew started to crumble in the late 1980's and 1990's (although it started earlier than that in some industries). Maybe what my parents and the slightly younger baby boomers experienced was an abberation but I really don't think this bodes well for our economy and security. I don't know, I guess I'm becoming more cynical myself, but believe me, I hear ya. I think we need some middle ground and common sense here.

Pinging the usual crowd I discuss economics with.

[whd23]

Or maybe some of the so-called "entitlement generation" are just not going to take the same crap that our parents took.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

I saw my Dad get laid-off one year shy of being eligible for a (reduced) company pension. I've worked for companies that make incredible demands on their employee's personal time and try to sell it as a "Team Effort." Yet when the department manager is told from on high to reduce his department head count by 10%, they let people go with nary a thought.

The company isn't your friend, your family, or your life. Do a honest day's work, then go home to your loved ones.

[weegee]

GenReagan will NOT be working 32 years at the same company. What with outsourcing, bankruptcy, and corporate takeovers, you can be sure of that.

Best you can hope for is 32 years in the same field.

[freedumb2003]

Or maybe some of the so-called "entitlement generation" are just not going to take the same crap that our parents took

Translation: "Pay me because I breathe."