It’s All About Portable Job Skills
In the baby boomer era, the myth was “if you are loyal to a company, the company will take care of you.” Many believed that until they were laid off at 55 after 20 years of service with no good prospect to find work again. Then for Generation X (people in our late 20s to 30s), it became “if you perform well, you will be rewarded.” To some extent this is still true until the financial market crashed and even very talented people remain out of work. ...