[Perdogg]

Loyalty is a two-way street.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Not loyal to their wife/significant other.
Not loyal to brands of anything they buy.
Not loyal to much of anything.

So why on earth would we expect them to be loyal
to their employers?

[Mr. K]

I used to worry that I would be replaced by younger software enigneers

But they come out of college knowing a thing or two about lambda expressions and use them everywhere making unreadable code and when you talk to them about it you get the look like you are such an old geezer for not being hip to the new programming that they are so special for knowing, and where is their trophy for participating?

Getting fired a couple of times gives them some “experience” they need. I dont WANT TO be the boss, but when I have to be, the first thing I stress is that EXPERIENCE is something you cannot really understand until you get some, and so try not to embarass themselves too much because they will feel all that more stupid later when they grow up.

[Kriggerel]

If the question was about Gen Xers, it would also have to take into consideration how many Xers HAVE jobs to begin with, which don’t involve the phrases: ‘Can I get you some fries with that’? or ‘how would you like your coffee’? :(

/Xer

[Aglooka]

Often in today’s job market, employers treat employees like dirt. Show up on time, never take a sick day, work hard, get fired anyway. So it’s not surprising that people aren’t loyal to their employer.

[0.E.O]

Are employers loyal to anyone?

[Jack Hammer]

Funny as h*ll; Japan is “quasi-communist,” but America is “corporate.”

What planet is this writer living on?

Or was the article written by Rip vanWinkle...?

[Hawk1976]

No. Why should they be?

Is the employer going to be loyal to them? No.

The employer is going to use their labor and talent, for the lowest price they can get and then dump them when they become too expensive or the employer discovers a cool new way to outsource. Employees should adopt the same attitude towards their employers. Employee loyalty is neither a useful or good trait in today’s world.

[Biggirl]

I checked out some stuff at a local CVS and it was all machine run check-out.

[KarlInOhio]

Most companies will now kick you to the curb for the slightest short term economic benefit. I see no reason for the employees to do otherwise to the companies.

[buffaloguy]

Loyalty to employers ended in the 1990s. The CEOs wanted us to think of ourselves as independent contractors and we are.

They are just a tool for us. As we are for them.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

They might be if they could find one.