Gen X'ers Share Their Opinions About Working With Young People

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'Some millennials and Zoomers will think you're mad at them if you use periods at the end of sentences in emails.'

"Some millennials and Zoomers will think you're mad at them if you use periods at the end of sentences in emails."working with a new coworker, writing,"Today I was training a new person at work who just transferred to a team that I lead, and she was shocked that I had worked for the company for 25 years and exclaimed, 'I’m only 25 years old!' I gave her a pro tip that that might not be the best thing to point out. Everyone had a good laugh.

"After a lifetime of going above and beyond — even in nonprofit work, which I love — it’s just plain dumb to work 50 or 60 hours when you’re being paid for 40. I’m now working a straight 40-hour week. Fucking geniuses, these young'uns." "My boss is a millennial and doesn't grasp that I don't know how to use Excel as if it's my second language, the way she does. First of all, my job never required using Excel before. When I went to high school, we had two Macintosh computers that you had to sign up for, hoping the other 3,000 students didn't need to use them at the same time."

"Some millennials and Zoomers will think you're mad at them if you use periods at the end of sentences in emails." "I’ve tried so many different ways to get and keep people engaged, from sharing revenue to paid time off, and have been met with disappointment along the way. We as a generation have been accused of creating a sense of entitlement in our children because we overcompensated for our free-range upbringing by being helicopter parents who never missed a child’s activity, and that may be a fair assessment.

"I've noticed that any level of directness is often perceived as a personal attack and the height of aggression. No, I'm just not bullshitting you, out of basic human respect." "I work with all millennials, and I can honestly say that they are a pleasure to work with! Kind, empathetic, and I get ~90% of their references without feeling old. I just grew up playing different video games and listening to different music. Maybe it’s just a matter of maturity.

"They keep trying to put me into management, but I have zero desire. I'm totally cool with where I am and with what I do. The big joke is that since I'm Gen X, I'm happy working a job where I'm ignored — just as long as they don't ignore me when it comes to my pay. "Generally, the millennials and Gen Z'ers I've worked with have been fine. The only thing that annoys me a bit is when they complain or poke fun at each other about being 'old' or make condescending comments about anyone over 30 being 'old.' Anyone pushing 50 is 'really old.'"

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