I love how OP generalizes one generation and at the sme time, tries to generalize her own, in a more positive light.

I pity millennials. They are so unresourceful and incompetent. The entire generation.

Anonymous wrote:1965 is the beginning of X. She is the tail, last, bad, most horrible end of the boomers. This is why X is so bitter.

There is SOOO much difference being born in 1963 and 1965, I'm sure.

Signed a 1960 boomer, making less than $90K, driving an 8-year-old car and raising a teen on my own

Are her initials TN?

Anonymous wrote:OP Here. Oh my goodness. This got derailed. The point I am trying to make is that there is a lot out there (in blogs, in print, in conversations among employers) about the so-called millennial generation and the perception that they are entitled workers who don't appreciate what hard work truly is. I am not targeting my older co-worker's specific generation except to point out that whatever generation she is, she is decidedly not a millennial and yet has the attributes that are generally prescribed to millennials. Furthermore the millennials in my office do not meet the stereotype. And yes, she is a slacker and she is also not a millennial.

However the tangential point is that the Baby Boom generation is a very entitled generation. They are the ones that expect to get much more out of the system than they put in. For example, they are the ones who feel entitled to huge, long payouts from SS and because they put in less than was necessary to balance what they'll likely take out, they are going to be the crippling factor to SS. These are the homeowners who felt cheated when they did not get huge returns on their money from retirement/401K's, home value (gosh darn, they only make $200K on their property while others are losing money and they feel rooked) and investments. They are the ones that want to retire to the best places and pay less. And on and on. It's a very, very selfish and me-generation. Some are lazy, some are not, but most are very entitled. Your coworker is pretty typical of the generational stereotype and being a cusp baby (I was born in 1965), I've known many, many Baby Boomers just like that.

That said, the Baby Boomer generation ran from 1945 until 1964 when the birth rate rose to more than 20 births per every 1000 in population. The Generation X (also sometimes called the Baby Bust generation) started when the birth rate returned to below 20 births per every 1000 in population. Gen X often goes from 1965 until about 1976 when the decreasing birth rate turned around and started increasing again. For the actual birth rates, you can see it in tabular form at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005067.html

no comment at this time and maybe another time!

Anonymous wrote:I'm in between Generation X and the millennial so kind of a neutral party. But on behalf of millennials I am annoyed at my older (50 years old) co-worker's behavior. Calls in with minor ailments all the time, if something goes wrong, it needs to be an office-wide emergency (for example, she can't find her glasses or someone's phone number- she will send out an alert on the company listserv and yell from her office until everyone comes in to help), delegates all job responsibilities and does seemingly nothing. Comes in several hours late nearly every day. Sometimes makes up for this by working late after the rest of us have left but sends passive aggressive emails about how she is in the office working while the rest of us are off frolicking. The millennials by comparison are pretty good. Do the work they are given and don't complain. I feel bad that their generation gets a bad rap. It's like my co-worker got to her high level job and decided she's now the queen. It's really demoralizing for the office and not a good example.

Sorry just a vent, but also wanted to say it isn't always the millennials who are bad workers.

I like what you have written about and I doing research on the generation y and z
of today work forced, to give my opinion when I was in the work forces, and saw what you are experiencing now in my hay day and your parents, we thought about how the future will be
for the unknown Generation Today, no social security nor Ira plan might not be available. Keep your head up and always think outside the box..In other word This is your world and I am
passing by and learning to understand what going on. Wilton.

Anonymous wrote:typical entitled boomer who destroyed america for selfishness

Ha ha - wow, that's a really incisive argument you made there. Pat yourself on the back!