What Happens when all the Adults Retire at Work?

[Anonymous]

LOL @ adults...

[Anonymous]

You don't know how to spell "weak" and you're essentially admitting that you haven't properly trained junior staff. Sounds like you're the one without a clue.

[Anonymous]

As a Fed, I think a lot of the dead weight boomers will stick around until they die.

Half of them are underwater on their exurb McMansions, the other half are supporting the adult kids they didn’t raise properly.

My GS-15 Boomer Boss, who god help us is a Division Chief in the office of the CIO can’t sort a spreadsheet, but plans on working until she turns 70 because she lost so much money trying to flip condos in Myrtle Beach.

The sooner they all leave the better off we will all be.

May they rot away peacefully in their Sunbelt retirement McMansions they will never be able to sell and be kept away from anything important.

[Anonymous]

Lol. "Once my generation retires, the world will go to SHAMBLES!"
Said every generation ever.

Maybe before you all retire, though, you could pass some damn legislation about climate change so your grandkids can still live on earth when they're your age. thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. "Once my generation retires, the world will go to SHAMBLES!"
Said every generation ever.

Maybe before you all retire, though, you could pass some damn legislation about climate change so your grandkids can still live on earth when they're your age. thanks.

Go out and vote.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of us Gen Xers in our early 50s and 40s who have been waiting decades for promotions, so I wouldn't be too worried OP. We aren't as incompetent as you think.

[Anonymous]

I'm 56 and have zero worries about companies/governments/society continuing to function in the absence of the "adults."

[Anonymous]

OP - I think part of issue is lack of overall business skills. Too many specialists even at SVP level.

Formal Management training programs, company sponsored MBAs and real mentors are thing of past. Also job loyalty is dead.

For example I a promoting a 42 year old next week. Super technical and super smart. Yet I am sending her to new manager training.

By time I was 22 I had staff working for me. My bank training program required me to supervise tellers, then work in operations supervising staff and work my way up to front office.

I don’t think boomer vs younger generation thing. My bosses when I was 22 many were in Army. My boss led troops in Vietnam as a teenager

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. "Once my generation retires, the world will go to SHAMBLES!"
Said every generation ever.

Maybe before you all retire, though, you could pass some damn legislation about climate change so your grandkids can still live on earth when they're your age. thanks.

Go out and vote.

Did I give the impression I didn't?

I don't vote for anyone over age 55 if I can help it, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think part of issue is lack of overall business skills. Too many specialists even at SVP level.

Formal Management training programs, company sponsored MBAs and real mentors are thing of past. Also job loyalty is dead.

For example I a promoting a 42 year old next week. Super technical and super smart. Yet I am sending her to new manager training.

By time I was 22 I had staff working for me. My bank training program required me to supervise tellers, then work in operations supervising staff and work my way up to front office.

I don’t think boomer vs younger generation thing. My bosses when I was 22 many were in Army. My boss led troops in Vietnam as a teenager

Jesus, you’re the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think part of issue is lack of overall business skills. Too many specialists even at SVP level.

Formal Management training programs, company sponsored MBAs and real mentors are thing of past. Also job loyalty is dead.

For example I a promoting a 42 year old next week. Super technical and super smart. Yet I am sending her to new manager training.

By time I was 22 I had staff working for me. My bank training program required me to supervise tellers, then work in operations supervising staff and work my way up to front office.

I don’t think boomer vs younger generation thing. My bosses when I was 22 many were in Army. My boss led troops in Vietnam as a teenager

Please retire soon.

[Anonymous]

52 year old GenXer here. You know, we exist OP, and haven't had all those chances to be a "leader" and supervisor when we were teenagers because there was this enormous baby boomer demographic bulge we were following and have been following for decades.

Please just retire already if you can afford to.

My organization just had to force retire really nice staff member because they refused to retire at 70+ years old and their dementia had become so advanced that they could not do basic tasks. It was so sad.

[Anonymous]

What happens?

Hopefully, workplaces become more flexible and family-friendly, everyone earns at least a living wage, health care becomes a human right, all children receive free high-quality child care, all parents get a year of parental leave... just for starters.

Retire already, please!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen this in my work. All I see are brilliant 30-45 year olds who are stuck under boomers and unable to move up. They are excellent middle managers right now and I think they'd be better senior managers than the current.

I see this too.

Same. And they never plan to retire. I’m an old Gen X and I’m worried I’ll run off of mojo before there’s a slot above me open.

[Anonymous]

Okay, my 2 cents
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