Lisen Stromberg, author of Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career, says this disloyalty reflects more on the employer.
"[Millennials] actually want to be able to have full, rich, engaging lives and full, rich, engaging professional careers. They think they can have it all," Stromberg says. "Millennials can be very loyal if they're in an environment where they can thrive."
As major industries like tech and marketing grow younger, pie-in-the-sky job wish lists aren't looking so unrealistic. The millennial workforce is big enough, educated enough and talented enough to make some demands with the leverage to make employers listen.