I certainly am in agreement with you.
A fatalistic attitude permeates the workers in our country. It's the frog in the pot syndrome, the water being hot enough to be uncomfortable but not yet cooking the frog. Partly to blame is the specialization of skills needed for employment today. The hidden cost is evident in the inability to change and adapt to current circumstances. This leads to despair and at times rage. We have all heard about such events in the news.
The knowledge that one could change their own circumstances is foreign to many who are quick to complain about their lot in life. Who's fault is that? Education has always been a path to improving ones position but I fear, that due to the necessary specialization needed in today's world, an important lesson has been left out. That lesson being how to jump out of the pot. Perhaps the extra effort put forth into furthering ones career should be dropped in favor of gaining skills needed for starting ones own business or perhaps changing ones vocation.
I think, Still Thinking, that we both would rather work with a person who is aware of their own worth and empowered to change their circumstances.
My first job out of school, the boss told me that he always looked to hire people who wanted to start their own firm, even though he knew that meant they would leave him.