Poll: Job loyalty a fading trend

Younger workers don't envision long-term stints with employer

David McQuinn poses for a photo in his office at MiTek, a construction and engineering firm, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Chesterfield, Mo. McQuinn, 61, is retiring Tuesday after 30 years with the suburban St. Louis company, a length of time with one employer that is unlikely to be achieved by many younger workers. - photo by Associated Press

W Poll Employment Loyal Ledb — David McQuinn poses for a photo in his office at MiTek, a construction and engineering firm, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Chesterfield, Mo. McQuinn, 61, is retiring Tuesday after 30 years with the suburban St. Louis company, a length of time with one employer that is unlikely to be achieved by many younger workers. - photo by Associated Press

CHICAGO — A new poll says more than 40 percent of America's baby boomers stayed with their employer for more than 20 years. But it's unlikely that their children or grandchildren will experience the same job tenure. The survey of more than 1,000 Americans 50 and older by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 41 percent of those employed workers have spent two decades with the same company, including 18 percent who've stayed at least 30 years.