Corey Chronicles

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Someone made a comment the other day about how my generation - the gen x'ers or whatever we are called now, doesn't have the same commitment to work as previous generations.  We are likely to make 5 career changes during the course of our working years where as our parents were more likely to work at the same place throughout the course of their life.  This is tied to levels of satisfaction in my mind.  Our generation knows that life is too short and you need to do what you love, and get paid well for it.  We don't have an submissive attitude with our employers where we felt like they were the parents and we were the children. 

Another thing, it makes me mad with another statement that our generation needs constant praise and we are "more sensitve".  The fact of the matter is, employers need to spend more time focusing on the health, happiness, and overall attitude of their employees to ensure that everything is good and to promote work.  If someone is appreciated then they will continue to do well.  Like in any relationship, you need constant communication in order to maintatin complete clarity.  Sometimes that is the issues with larger corporations, the higher ups don't know how to maintain a relationship, because they only care about the money/success and so do not know how to treat their employees.