Thread regarding Sam's Club layoffs

Your post is the epitome of why older generations bash us. Thanks for making us all look dumb.

Hey 20 year old..I think I hear your mommy calling. She's done making your dinner and just folded your laundry and made your bed.

The only problem is 20 year olds don’t understand history. When I began my career, companies did care about their employees and, in turn, employees cared about their company. That eroded beginning with trickle down economics and deregulation. Yes companies no longer care about their employees.

I will argue one point though. It is the work ethic that has kept the older generation employed all these years. Those with poor work ethic will always be the first out the door. There is no need any longer to emotionally invest in your company but you still need to earn your paycheck.

Dear 20 Something,

Look up the meaning of work ethic. It doesn't mean you give your life up to your employer. Start with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic. Any rational person knows a company doesn't care about the individual. A company can't care about anything. It has no beating heart, no blood, no life, no feelings. It's a thing. These older associates, these people. they believed in a man, Mr. Walton, and while he was alive, this was a decent place to work. He cared. He's gone. They are having a hard time adjusting. Well, most of them. Some are just id--ts.

Yea... come back in another 10-15 years with some REAL life experiences and we will talk

20 year old this is a great post. I should be more like you. But I have a mortgage to pay and kids to feed. See how that might change your attitude a bit? It’s called responsibilities. Makes it much more stressful for some. No the company does not owe me anything. And yes I will find a new job if my position is eliminated. But there are certain events that will happen that come with age and growing up that I feel you have not reached yet. It’s no longer a career job I agree, but some of us who still work for the company started when you could make it a career. I don’t think we bash the 20 year olds just to bash you. No disrespect meant. Picture it like working with your parents who feed you, buy you clothes, pay for your activities/entertainment. And then after 20 years, the company decides to shift direction and your parents are caught in this transition. You might feel a little differently if you had to change your lifestyle abruptly.

I like how passionate you are, but you just sound like a youngster who hasn't lived life. Print this post out and keep it. Read it again in 25 yrs. You're going to be a little embarrassed.

Excellent post. Boomers are bitter because they bought into the lie that the company cares for them.