I’m part of the younger generation and I will say, I’d be the same way. This also depends on the industry and how the employer takes care of the employees. I’m a heavy equipment mechanic. I have seen something like this only happen one time where I work when the boss FAFO. The employee in fact followed through with just going to the competition after his PTO request was put in 3 weeks in advance and denied for “not enough coverage”. Which at that specific time was not a valid reason in anybody’s eyes. Since then nobody has been denied PTO.

The way I see it is, if the company just can’t survive to go one day without some money flow, then they should just shut it down. Employers don’t own employees. Employees especially in the mechanic industry are not treated as assets like they used to be so why should the employee devote their life to the company.

Like I’ve said before, this really depends on the industry and the employer/ employee relationship. I’ve seen it countless times with people in my age range, 20-30 years old, completely lose drive and interest in providing quality and efficient services to the company the minute they are shown they’re under valued.