for those who enter the workforce believing in and expecting this more traditional form of employment relationship the realization that things have changed can be unnerving and unsettling facing the realization that they not the organization are responsible for their own continued employability has created uncertainty for many people yehuda baruch writes this shift has left many lost generation employees both behind and bewildered in a manner analogous to the Israelites of the desert generation in old testament in a review of articles published on this topic there is widespread agreement that employees are increasingly expected to assume responsibility for developing and maintaining their own skills add demonstrable value to an organization and understand the nature of their employer business at the same time there was strong agreement that under the new more prevalent employment relationship