How would it affect you? I think the majority of people in this country would probably benefit from having a shoe impact their forehead. I am not advocating podiatric aerial assault here, I am just saying that there are many folks who are sleep-walking through their lives.
How many people around you complain about their jobs, yet do nothing about it? They look forward to complaining for another 20 years. The news is (and this isn’t really news) you can’t count on a lifetime of employment from a single, or even a couple, employers. Gen X and beyond realize this.
Older folks think there isn’t loyalty to companies among youth, but I say why should there be? Truth be told, companies in general don’t much care about their employees beyond getting today’s work done. There are definite exeptions, most notable among privately held smaller companies, but those are not the rule.
The thing is, we need to take care of ourselves. Unless you are working at building multiple streams of income, you are at risk. Work a few hours here and there to build electronic products, do affiliate marketing, network marketing, your own brick and mortar business, a franchise, whatever.
Working at those for a few years, done in the right way, can replace your current income and make you independent of the traditional job you may now hold. Even at that point you may choose to remain with your current employer (if they are still around) but it will be by choice, not because you have to. And that makes all the difference.
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