[excerpts] generation x: quitting jobs and remembering 9-11

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"Today, however, we are a generation who has, and will continue to sacrifice so much. Not just in the deaths of over 5,000 of our friends, brothers, and sisters in the ensuing conflicts, but in the millions of lives that have been altered in the wake of September 11th. We are no longer assured a life of safety and prosperity. I guess it never was a guarantee, not for any generation, but now the reality of such a life seems so far away...

"It has been said that these uncertainties and struggles are what molds a great generation. I hope that is the case, because the reality of being blown up has a funny way of sapping the collective potential of a generation."

From The Second Third (The Definitive Guide to Life After 30)

"Forty percent of Generation X employees cited lack of career progress as the prime motivation to switch jobs today, which is considerably higher than their survey colleagues in Generation Y [at] 30 percent, baby boomers [at] 20 percent and veterans [at] 14 percent," said Erickson...

"Only 37 percent of Generation X employees expected to stay with their current employers, which is 8 percent less than the overall. We also found [that] executives in the [previous] survey we did thought that Generation Y would be the highest turnover risk, and it actually turns out that Generation X is the highest turnover risk."

From Consider Cost Effective Alternatives to Retain Gen X

(Talent Management)