The Baltimore Sun, July 17, 2017
It’s no secret that the era of company loyalty seems to be nearly finished. Employees jump from job to job with relative speed and seemingly little regard for company loyalty.
“You take the best offer,” says Jake Bolton, a 27-year-old programmer who has worked for five employers since graduating from the University of Florida in 2011. “I’ll have loyalty to a company if they keep paying me what I’m worth. But as soon as I see my salary start to sag compared to other people, especially new hires, I’m gone.”