双语阅读英语外刊精讲：美国00后的工作态度(附音频)

2018-12-14 10:46:07来源：酷学英语

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　　Job tenure

　　Staying put

　　Millennials in America do not switch jobs faster than their parents did

　　Everybody knows-or at least thinks he knows-that a millennial with one job must be after a new one. Today's youngsters are thought to have little loyalty towards their employers and to be prone to “job-hop”. Millennials (ie, those born after about 1982) are indeed more likely to switch jobs than their older colleagues. But that is more a result of how old they are than of the era they were born in. In America at least, average job tenures have barely changed in recent decades.

　　Data from America's Bureau of Labour Statistics show workers age 25 and over now spend a median of 5.1 years with their employers, slightly more than in 1983. Job tenure has declined for the lower end of that age group, but only slightly. Men between the ages of 25 and 34 now spend a median of 2.9 years with each employer, down from 3.2 years in 1983.

　　It is middle-aged men whose relationship with their employers has changed most dramatically. Partly because of a collapse in the number of semi-skilled jobs and the decline of labour unions, the median job tenure for men age 45-54 in America has fallen from 12.8 years in 1983 to 8.4. That decline has been offset by women staying longer in their jobs and higher retirement ages, which is why the overall numbers have barely changed. 　　American workers are also now less likely to move home to find new work. Fewer than 12% moved home last year, down from 20% in the 1950s. this pattern is true of younger workers, too: only a fifth of Americans between the ages of 25 and 35 moved last year; for past generations the fraction was closer to a quarter.

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