c/news · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1y

Gen Z and millennials are struggling to work with their older counterparts, but boomers have no problem with their younger coworkers

https://fortune.com/2025/04/24/gen-z-millennials-struggling-work-with-their-older-counterparts-but-boomers-have-no-problem-with-their-younger-coworkers/

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AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

X ignored again.

KMAMURI@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

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.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

They've basically been absorbed into the "Boomer" label at this point.

starchylemming@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

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

gotta keep the flame of nonsensical generational hate burning

Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This obviously was created with a boomer slant.

mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 34 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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!”

Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

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.

SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 18 pts · 1y

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'

swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 1y

Boomers are in their 70s and 80s now. How do they even have Gen Z coworkers?

96ToyotaCamry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

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.