BOOMER UNCLE: “You kids switch jobs too much.”

ME: “I stayed loyal for 4 years. Got 3% raises every year.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “See? Hard work pays off.”
ME: “Inflation was 8%. I took a pay cut every single year.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “That’s just how it works.”
ME: “I switched jobs. Got a 34% raise in one move.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “Nobody has work ethic anymore.”
ME: “I didn’t leave for less work. I left for equal pay.”
BOOMER UNCLE: “Companies can’t afford to keep raising salaries.”
ME: “The CEO got a $11 million bonus that same year.”
Loyalty is a value.
But it was never meant to be a financial strategy.
Companies stopped being loyal to workers decades ago.
Nobody told the workers to stop expecting it in return.