&gt;I don&#x27;t think the baby-boomer generation realizes that there is no such thing as company loyalty in the big scheme of things anymore, especially in an at-will state.<p>I very much doubt this is true.  It was the baby boomers who bore the brunt of the new paradigm in the &#x27;70s and &#x27;80s.  By the time gen-X entered the workforce you had to be a bit delusional to think your employer saw you as anything other than an expense to be minimized.