Brett Trainor, a career coach focused on helping Gen X “escape” the nine-to-five corporate life, has a warning for his compatriots: Companies are making a string of intentional decisions to devalue workers, particularly Gen X (those between the ages of 44 and 59).
In a recent TikTok, Trainor, a Gen Xer himself who quit his corporate job during the pandemic after 30 years, explained just how companies are squeezing their mid-senior-level executives. He kicked off the video by saying no part of the current corporate playbook is good for workers.
