Yes. As I said, it's really like the End Times people. Or, for that matter, the ones who've been imagining the Rapture is imminent forever. They, of course, expected spiritual rewards, though usually they were mixed with expectations of riches in heaven.
Most of the Xers weren't "spiritual", though many were religious in varying degrees. There was a fairly small group that formed a prayer circle whose purpose was to sustain Urban Casavant, the indicted CEO, in his time of trouble.