In 1956, journalist William H. Whyte described the American worker — in particular the white-collar worker — as an “organization man” out to build his career and his life around a single corporation. These conformist sorts, living in tidy new suburbs like Park Forest, Illinois, which Whyte described in depth in his classic study, The Organization Man, looked happily upon the steadiness and predictability of their lives:
The Bedraggled Return of the Organization Man
The trend toward shorter job tenures in the U.S. has reversed.
June 05, 2013