Job Loyalty

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Let me start by expressing sincere condolences to the family of the late Harold Dow of CBS News. One report I read said he worked at CBS for nearly 40 years. Now that is some job loyalty. Obviously, he found a job he loved and job that loved him back for him to have remained at CBS for such a long time. With the recent recession, many people found themselves out in the cold, no job, no money and nowhere to live. While in the throes of the recession, I saw a report one night of workers in a mattress factory who were bewildered that they could have worked up to the midnight shift, went home to sleep with every intention of going back to his job the next day, only to be rudely awakened (pun intended) by colleagues who told him that the company was closed. The employee of over 20 years was in absolute shock when he arrived at the factory to find heavy chains and huge padlocks on the gate. So tell me, are companies only loyal to their bottom lines and major shareholders? Is Harold Dow a rear bird, a dying breed? If this recession lasts too much longer, will more employees find themselves out in the cold with not even so much as a word of notice? Will workers now have to decide, well since nobody cares about me, I'll take what I can get and move on to the highest bidder for my services, and to hell with job loyalty. The question I am asking is will the next generation of employees work anywhere for 20, 30, or 40 years, what do you think?