The list below shows that the Gold-Collar Generation X workers demand a lot from a company. They want a challenge on the job and flexibility in work schedules; some even want to work at home. But they also want to work in teams, and they are interested in empowerment - being allowed as an individual or group to make decisions that affect their work. These needs, wants, and desires are likely to be the strongest for knowledge workers - employees whose major task is to produce new knowledge, typically through computer-oriented means - and other jobs with workers in high demand and low supply. The level of skills and abilities among many of these workers allows them to function well in highly challenging jobs and work settings.