So Where's The Ladder?

It is encouraged these days for employees to be more mobile. There is clearly a concern by many in older generations that those of my generation may have difficulty being loyal to an organization or to be counted on to be with the same employer next year. Also, the view large, sprawling organizations has turned relatively negative. (this coming from the perspective of a family who has worked for GM for generations.)

So what the hell happened to the corporate ladder and what do you do when it isn't that tall?

First, I think it is deceptive thinking that past generations worked doing the same thing routinely for 30 or so years. The majority of people who have worked in GM have changed jobs within the company at about the rate of every five or so years. There were just a lot of occupations one could do without actually having to apply to an outside organization. This brings the interesting problem of trying to figure out, when should you say "bye bye" to the your organization. We also have to figure out when we should get something better, that is after we understand what is actually better. So should we be constantly in the process for looking for better employment than what we already have?

I leave it to you, my low-wage earning comrades to discuss.