Wow. I know I shouldn't be shocked at the harshness of these comments, but I am. Probably because I like change, I like to grow, learn, and experience new things.
It's probably also because there seems to be an assumption that those in the article's example are in their twenties. We're not. We're in our thirties, forties, and fifties. What we have in common is that we are passionate about communication and share the same personality traits as those mentioned above.
Furthermore, one person on our team is single. The rest of us are married, some with kids, some without, some expecting. Some have mortgages, some don't. Some of us are in, or have been in, executive positions in previous lives. We're far from inexperienced.
Mortgages, bills, kids, and workloads are excuses. People have the choice to change, or not; but that doesn't mean the world stop changing because they do. So I see it as a choice; one can continue to grow and enrich their life, or they can choose to stay behind. There's no right or wrong answer, just understand that it's a choice.
The fact of the matter is, which seems to have been overlooked in these comments, is that change is hard. People naturally regress to their comfort zones when confronted with a change they don't understand or don't want.
When an organization initiates change, most of the responsibility in communicating the why/how of the change rests with the organization; employees need to know what it means for them. However, as an employee of an organization, it's also your responsibility to get the information you need if you not getting it.
Lastly, experience and wisdom are not age-related. I'd only expect an assumption like this to come from someone who's worked in the same job or for the same organization for the majority of their adult life.
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