Gen X vs. Gen Y: Who's Got it Worse?

With jobs so scarce nowadays, you may think that Gen Y is being shoved aside.

Not so, according to this MSNBC article. It's very interesting because it states that Gen X (32-44 years old) are feeling slighted at work.

"One survey done this year for Deloitte Consulting LLP, for instance, found that nearly two-thirds of executives at large companies were most concerned about losing Gen Y employees, while less than half of them had similar concerns about losing Gen Xers," the article states.

Robin Erickson, a manager with Deloitte's human capital division, says in the article that a companion survey found that only 37 percent of Gen Xers said they planned to stay in their current jobs after the recession ends, compared with 44 percent of Gen Yers, 50 percent of baby boomers and 52 percent of senior citizen workers who said the same.

Both generations are equally worried about job security, the article says. Members of Gen X and Gen Y were most likely to complain about pay, but it was a "lack of career progress," that was the biggest gripe among Gen Xers. About 40 percent say that was the reason for their restlessness, compared to 30 percent of Gen Yers.

Read the entire article here--it's pretty interesting to see how the job arena shifts from generation to generation.