Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
I saw my Dad get laid-off one year shy of being eligible for a (reduced) company pension. I've worked for companies that make incredible demands on their employee's personal time and try to sell it as a "Team Effort." Yet when the department manager is told from on high to reduce his department head count by 10%, they let people go with nary a thought.
The company isn't your friend, your family, or your life. Do a honest day's work, then go home to your loved ones.
My Dad was laid off six months shy of being eligible for a company pension. This was back in the era when it took ten years to become vested in a company's pension plan. The bast**rds laid off my Dad after nine years, six months of service.
He filed a claim with the EEOC, but he lost at the hearing. The company claimed that they weren't just laying off "older workers", they were laying people off by projects. Those that worked for certain projects were eliminated, people of all ages.
Of course, if they wanted to get rid of someone, they banded them together in "Project ZZZ" and then that was their justification for a job massacre.
Young people, don't trust the big corporations. They'll use you up and spit you out. Wait till someone younger wants your job. Or someone's relatives. You may think you're riding high now. Wait till it comes your time to get knocked off the chart.