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Baby Boomers in industry
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:15 pm
I'm 37, been at it for 15 years now. First 12 years were pretty consistent in a corporate setting, smart and stable middle managers and colleagues were a mixed bag but mostly educated and competent.
Flip over to operations, in three years I never imagined the dysfunction and downright toxicity that I have had to work through with the older established field management. The higher ups are nothing more than politicians and only look to promote informants who are inept within their discipline, totally noncommittal, and nothing more than master outsourcers and backstabbers. The whole lot rejects technology unless it's something that they can use to control while absolutely failing to leverage its full capabilities due to lack of innovation and technical acumen.
When these bullshitters move on (if it ever happens, most haven't saved shite) our economy will boom.
Flip over to operations, in three years I never imagined the dysfunction and downright toxicity that I have had to work through with the older established field management. The higher ups are nothing more than politicians and only look to promote informants who are inept within their discipline, totally noncommittal, and nothing more than master outsourcers and backstabbers. The whole lot rejects technology unless it's something that they can use to control while absolutely failing to leverage its full capabilities due to lack of innovation and technical acumen.
When these bullshitters move on (if it ever happens, most haven't saved shite) our economy will boom.
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Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:17 pm to white beans
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This post was edited on 4/19/17 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:19 pm to white beans
Fun thread
NB4 Darth states he is an Xer and how boomers and millennials are exactly the same
NB4 Darth states he is an Xer and how boomers and millennials are exactly the same
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:19 pm to white beans
As with anything, it's not unique to a generation. Depends on the company leadership, individuals hired, training and a multitude of other things.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:20 pm to white beans
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The whole lot rejects technology unless it's something that they can use to control while absolutely failing to leverage its full capabilities due to lack of innovation and technical acumen.
Completely untrue.
I have found that baby boomers love technology if you show them it's capabilities and don't just explain it.
In reverse, you have heard about using slide rules and scales (architecture). They are amazing tools, but the younger generation have no respect or love for them. Usually because they have never been shown how to use them.
Imagine, solving a problem in the field instead of running back to your office to "research it"
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:21 pm to white beans
frick you punkass bitches
meet me at piccadilly
meet me at piccadilly
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:23 pm to white beans
Agreed mostly with the tech. They want increased benefits NOW instead of making the time and fiscal investments to potentially see much larger gains later down the line. As such, you see promising ideas thrown to the wayside and more of the innovative minds leave to another company that will appreciate them more
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:23 pm to larry289
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As with anything, it's not unique to a generation. Depends on the company leadership, individuals hired, training and a multitude of other things.
What the OP doesn't realize is we bitched about our parents for the same reasons and his kids or their peers will bitch about people his age.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:24 pm to white beans
Quit your bitching
Be thankful you have a job
Be thankful you have a job
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:25 pm to white beans
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The higher ups are nothing more than politicians and only look to promote informants who are inept within their discipline, totally noncommittal, and nothing more than master outsourcers and backstabbers.
I've actually found the 40-50 crowd is the worst at this, not the boomers.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:27 pm to Kafka
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frick you punkass bitches
meet me at piccadilly
Damn, you must be really mad to get out of bed and change out of your robe and slippers to go back to where you had dinner 3 hours ago.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:30 pm to gthog61
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What the OP doesn't realize is we bitched about our parents for the same reasons and his kids or their peers will bitch about people his age
Right on. I'm a first yr boomer and had been using computers, slide rules, spreadsheet calculations while my kids were wiping their kids green shite stained diapers.
Their turn's a coming unless they manage to blow it like they seem bound and determined to do.
yea, I had to edit before one of the brighter one's caught it.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:40 pm to upgrayedd
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I've actually found the 40-50 crowd is the worst at this, not the boomers.
This is the baby boomer protectorate, raised to spy on and undermine the internal competition. They will be passed over when their enablers die or retire.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:43 pm to white beans
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This is the baby boomer protectorate, raised to spy on and undermine the internal competition. They will be passed over when their enablers die or retire.
Haha, whatever.
I'm not even in this crowd, but that is how business works. Everyone thinks they know more than their boss; the younger, the more likely this is present.
The 40-50 crowd will be just fine. They will rule for the next 10-15 years until they retire....get used to it. Fall in line, "change" is just something Obama used to get elected...it isn't real.
This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:43 pm to Walt OReilly
My company is fortunate to have me, I've been thanked profusely and compensated accordingly.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 7:59 pm to white beans
Well one thing you won't see is the 45 & older group being let go for being lazy but we run off youngsters regularly. The under 25 bunch are really lazy when it comes to hard work; they want to run the board or be a boss right away. And why can't they put their phone down? It's like it's part of their anatomy.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 8:03 pm to double d
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And why can't they put their phone down? It's like it's part of their anatomy.
This doesn't bother me. All I care about is knowing WHEN it should be put down.
Also, since Facebook has reached the older generation, cellphone time has become a problem across the board.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 8:58 pm to double d
They are on their phone because they are bored, lack of engagement due to lack of good energy and creativity at the mgmt level. Unfortunately they probably learn more on that phone than they would listening to most of their managers talk.
50+ crowd can't be bothered with development of young professionals, just oppression for the sake of threat minimization. When engaged it's really only to flatter themselves.
50+ crowd can't be bothered with development of young professionals, just oppression for the sake of threat minimization. When engaged it's really only to flatter themselves.
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:06 pm to fightin tigers
That is not how business works. At all. What industry are you in?
Posted on 3/23/17 at 9:07 pm to white beans
Clients who call with a "quick question". As anyone in accounting knows their is not one answer. 
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