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They have seen how their parents have fared with killer hours, limited financial rewards and the crushing toll on health and family, and are not easily swayed by the promise of promotion, says Ms. Duxbury, a professor at Carleton University's business school.
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Very true, coming up in a time of outsourcing and creating more "shareholder value" off of the backs of employees, the perspective for young office workers is deffinately different than our parents.
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"They've been told all their lives that they can do anything. They have come to adulthood at a time when their technological savviness is valued and has allowed them to beat their parents from the time they were young. When you're eight years old and you program the VCR for your parents, that gives you a certain view of yourself and your abilities with regards to your superiors.
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In technical feilds, this deffinately leads to cockiness in alot of people. When you have to show your boss how to do parts of his job, it might go to your head depending on what type of person you are.