Originally Posted by GoPats

It's not so easy to change careers once you've already established "a life". Responsibilities such as kids, house, elderly parents, etc. bear a heavy financial burden. It's not so simple to just up-and-quit. And go where exactly? Do what when the only thing you've done for the last 20 years is fly airplanes? The unknown is not comforting.

Some people are the movers and shakers and can make seamless transitions. Good for them. However, most people are not that and change becomes scarier and scarier as you get older. Your sense of responsibility to your loved ones overrides all other impulses.

This however should never be interpreted as "stop complaining, this is how it is". Corporate America would love to make this mentality second nature and they're trying their hardest to make it so.
Positive change never came about because nobody stood up and nobody complained.
Employees are nothing but a commodity to the board members. Good little boys and girls is what they're after in order to facilitate their P/E ratios, their bonuses and their career glory. A good company can make money for its shareholders and treat its employees well.
Regardless of the industry.