The End of the Job as We Know It?

The relationship between employers and workers has gotten complicated.

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Decades ago, if you had a job, it came with the expectation that you owed something to your employer, and your employer owed something to you—for instance, a pension. But that unspoken contract has all but fallen apart. Job security, a feeling of company loyalty, and, for most people, the promise of a pension have largely become things of the past.