Boomers- 1946 to 1964. These are the people your talking about? I ask because my experience and others I know have been the opposite.

Yes, I would say the 1954-1964 range are the worst. Can you send the opposite ones my way, I have a position opening up soon.

I don't doubt that .......just having fun.........btw I figured you to be older

And I’m not saying all are bad. Just my frame of reference I’d say the majority of boomers are worse than millennials. Now I do like a mixture of all generations because you get a good slice of experience and innovation and a certain go after it personality from some to prove themselves.

My personal favorite is the traditionalists/greatest generation.

I also know how to have fun AntiGov. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!

I’m 35

Well lol, I guess that's where we can agree to disagree. My experience is the opposite, but there are definitely good in both. And if you have a greatest GEN working for ya, give him/her a raise lol.

We are on the older side of the millennial so that why we're smarter rob....or at least i will tell my self that. Most my age work hard around here. It's the born after 90 that's the slackers where I work.

I am 30 (born in 1988), so I am classified as a millennial, but this is downright sad. Not necessarily surprising, but very sad. I am personally ashamed of the majority of my generation.

Like I said, that is my experience, we are all different, we are people that way. It takes all of us to make the world go round.

He retired about 5 years ago! And I doubt he would come back so I can give him a raise. He is having too much fun with the grandchildren, maybe even great grandchildren now!. He did give me advice when he came back for another guys retirement. The day you can go, do it!

1946 - 1964, that probably means adults who have life experiences and do not appreciate managers who come up with these great ideas, that the boomers know will fail, because they have been there and done that. So they have no appreciation of the genius of diploma managers, whose main objectives seem to be is taking ideas that boomers have which are successful for their own and never mentioning that to upper management, and having pet mills who blindly follow orders, and when it all crashes, it is those boomers who get stuck doing the work with zero credit.
Liberal boomers get wind of the stereotyping of them and they will file age discrimination complaints and the feds will be stopping by for a chat which upper management will frown on.

I’m sorry you worked with people like that. It must have been horrible to not have voices heard or experiences given the correct amount of weight. Some people don’t realize the importance of life experience when it comes to decisions in true workplace.

It also sounds like people got screwed over by greedy people trying to weasel their way to the top on the backs of others. I have a boss just like that.

As for age discrimination, it is a terrible thing for anyone to be discriminated against based on their age.

He may have been in the Silent Gen Rob. And star flakes, That sounds bout right!!

Maybe! He’d be about 75 now. He did 20 years in the Air Force and then close to 30 with us. Great American!

Sorry! Back on topic.
So how about those millennials? Bunch of Ne’er-do-wells.

I do not consider myself a millennial but am on the boarder technically speaking (depending on generation scale used). Most 30-36 year olds I know we're raised with discipline (belt, chonclas, or anything else handy) are hard working,non cry baby no safe space needed.
I've worked very hard my whole life. Paychecks rolled in at 14 when I wasn't working I was playing baseball, working our field hunting getting firewood, helping dad with constant home projects etc...and am very far from a liberal or socialist.

When I think of millennials I think 20-29 year olds.

How do you manage a boomer? What is the process? Is there protocol?

Most boomers have been doing their job for so long they don’t need managing. They just need guidance when new policies or procedures are implemented from upper management.

When major issues do happen you listen to them. Ask for their input because they have seen a lot. They all have different world views and have a lot to bring to the table. I find it best to get them in on the problem solving process. Ask them what they think will help to solve the problem or how we can change the strategic management process. This gets them involved. But remember you are still the manager and have the final decision.

Also ensure that you always recognize them for what they do. They deserve it and will continue to be hard workers when they get recognized.

Things that make ya say Hmmmmm.

That’s what makes them harder to manage sometimes.




Goodnight, I gotta get up in 5 hours for work.

Please let them fade away without all the accolades! They did spend a certain amount of self resource displaying
a foundation,..or path if you will.
Jeeze, sometimes you feel like a carp in shallow water with Robin Hoods archers standing stoic but attentive,...
eyes on the prize!