• SpicyLizards@reddthat.com
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    While 45% of baby boomers have no problems working with different generations, only 17% of Gen Z feels the same way

    Much of the strife that Gen Z feels is likely due to another workplace trend: the missing manager.

    While 49% of Gen Z want better communication and teamwork training, only 27% of boomers think there’s a problem. And while 37% of millennials say there’s a fundamental clash in generational values at work, only 27% of boomers feel the same way.

    ‘Or maybe the boomers are out of touch? No, that can’t be it. Everyone else is wrong’

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      Good. Keep us out of all this shit. Let them bicker so I can smoke weed and grow my garden in peace. At least until I have to go fight the Americans.

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      they are the replacement boomers, since the real boomers should be mostly retired

      gotta keep the flame of nonsensical generational hate burning

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Boomer: Walks into millennial’s office to ask how to convert a PDF
      Boomer 3 minutes later: Ranting in dog whistles and neocon talking points about how the younger generations are too entitled

      Millennial internally: “This boomer is getting paid 17x more than me, owns four summer lakehouses, and hasn’t properly tipped a waiter in 45 years…”
      Millennial externally: 😐

      Boomer: “Anyways, nice chat!”

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        You fucking wish it was just pdfs. I work with people who have been using a PC to do their jobs for literal decades and can a barely turn one on.

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    Once again, Gen X left out of the conversation when they still make up a large percentage of the workforce lol.

    Being a millennial in the workplace right now is giving me whiplash. Boomers are essentially the old guard and their ways of running business are going the way of the dodo, though I was brought up in that climate and sort of got used to it. While work environments had a tendency to be toxic, I did find some merits in their approach.

    Gen Z is almost like the polar opposite reaction to boomer workplace culture. While I think going away from that is a good thing, I also think there have been overcorrections. The culture clash is noticeable and the fact that the old guard seems to be ignoring it only adds to the challenge.