Jobs change, of course, and so do people, and we wondered what it takes to keep the fit between job and worker vital and productive. We asked a pharmacist, a flight attendant, a cook, and a social worker about their past two decades. So these are questions lots of us will be asking ourselves. As dissimilar as their jobs are, and despite economic, technological, and social changes that have transformed everyone's work in big and small ways, these four people still have a passion for their work. Their jobs are more stressful now, they don't necessarily like all the changes.
Every period has something good and something hard.
Through the good times and the hard, here's how these men and women have managed to adapt. Last November 19 was a typical day for Leslie Corin-Ash. The man, whose wife was in a nursing home recovering from surgery, was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Without her, he was lost. There was no one to take responsibility for him.