Do you work for a much younger boss?

[Anonymous]

When I was 30 I starting managing people that were 20-30 years older than me. Some were doubtful and openly threatened at first, but when I showed them respect and tapped their expertise, we built trust and got along great. We all learned a lot from each other.

I've moved on, and now I'm one of the elders, so now I'm learning from a younger group and they're learning from me. Some of these kids are amazing.

You just have to try to make every situation work and go in trying to like people, despite your assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Who cares. It's just a paycheck.

[Anonymous]

My husband is 35 and supervises 8 people all of whom are older than him. I think it works well. But he is not a know it all. That is bad management and not good for office morale. More a bad manager symptom than age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is 35 and supervises 8 people all of whom are older than him. I think it works well. But he is not a know it all. That is bad management and not good for office morale. More a bad manager symptom than age.

"older than he" or "older than he is." Signed, know it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here: I forgot to add, she talks trash about coworkers and spends her days on Pinterest, facebook, etc.
The only thing I can do is leave.
Will never work for a child again!

omg - hysterical, OP!

My friend, who's in her mid-40s, has one millennial under her. She said it's deadly, as the lady has no respect for superiors. I told her to write her up. My other friend had a crew of millennials under her. HER supervisor told her she had to "learn" how to deal with them so that they're productive. She left and is now much happier.

I prefer my own kind - the Gen Xers.

You have no business supervising anyone. Stay with your own. They deserve you.