re: Gray Divorce Rates are skyrocketing.

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I find it hilarious that you think someone with 40+ years of work experience is taking away a good job from someone with <10 years of work experience.

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Is sitting at a job for 40+ years supposed to be impressive or something?

Working somewhere for 40-50 years and “waitin on that retirement” is a pretty sad and lazy way to live life in my opinion.

Why do so many boomers lack ambition?

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she gets half of my retirement and mutual funds.

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She already owned half. Community property.

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Is sitting at a job for 40+ years supposed to be impressive or something? Working somewhere for 40-50 years and “waitin on that retirement” is a pretty sad and lazy way to live life in my opinion. Why do so many boomers lack ambition?

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First off they get to retire whenever they want to retire or the management decides they are no longer providing value. They have zero obligation to leave the workforce because you need a job.

Where are you working where Boomers are sitting on entry level jobs? 40+ years is a metric shite ton of experience and or contacts that you don't have, but could learn from if you were willing to listen to them. They aren't sitting in jobs that young workers are qualified for.

Most companies eliminated pensions and retirement health care years ago so they are forced to work until 65 and they qualify for medicare because they need the health insurance.

The youngest Boomers are 60+ years old. They're not typically occupying the jobs a Gen Zer would be qualified for. Most are in upper management, subject matter experts, or sales. They are providing value to their organization because if not, they would have been let go a while ago.

In terms of ambition, many of the Boomers that you perceive as sitting on jobs were once leaders in their organization, in management roles, and at some point decided they no longer wanted to put up with BS that is associated with these high stress jobs and they stepped aside.

Others may have hit their ceiling at the current organization and have applied for other opportunities outside the organization but are passed over for a younger, cheaper options because there is a perception that mid level applicants are "hungrier" than sr level individuals trying to advance their careers.

I assume we're talking about degreed professional positions. If we're talking about skilled or non skilled labor positions where seniority comes into play then who cares get in line and wait your turn. You had your opportunity but blew it.

Finally the reason most of the Boomers that I personally know that are still working is because their kids are a bunch of losers still living in their basement and posting on TD about how Boomers have ruined everything for them.

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Oh look, Boomers only thinking about themselves again. More news at 10!

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Gray Divorce is defined as age 50+.
The youngest Boomer is 61.

Does your generation know anything about anything ?

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Where are you working where Boomers are sitting on entry level jobs? 40+ years is a metric shite ton of experience and or contacts that you don't have, but could learn from if you were willing to listen to them. They aren't sitting that young workers are qualified for.

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I think both of you are talking about extremes when the truth is closer to someone in a mid level role ready to step into a new leadership role but can’t because a 75 year old doesn’t want to reconcile with the fact that they’ve wasted their life and now need to go home to a family they kind of don’t like.

Boomers need to retire. I see more 70+ year olds working than is reasonable because they don’t know what else to do. And I know it sucks, but they are holding up progress in institutions where the next generation is ready to step up.

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then they chalk this up to “not ready to take over”

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right

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they are running good people off.

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nobody’s running away from what these people are getting paid

I’ve seen it happen twice in this town where a younger promising member of a firm left started their own firm and are doing very well.

It’s not a personal thing. It’s just that y’all’s time is over and the generation is mostly out of touch. One day it will be us. It’s okay. It comes for us all.

But right now yall are just holding up the entire machine.

Accounting firms.

Not mid management. Like I said, leadership positions. Like at the top. And there may be a young manager who is ready to step into that same leadership position, albeit a bit junior. However the younger person has a vastly different idea of doing things and the top guy won’t fricking leave because he sees the younger person as not ready, when the reality is the philosophies are diametrically opposed. So he hangs on. When in reality the world has passed him by.

This is actually not me. I’m not in that position. But I’ve seen it happen and talked to people who have seen it happen.

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Not mid management. Like I said, leadership positions. Like at the top. And there may be a young manager who is ready to step into that same leadership position, albeit a bit junior. However the younger person has a vastly different idea of doing things and the top guy won’t fricking leave because he sees the younger person as not ready, when the reality is the philosophies are diametrically opposed. So he hangs on. When in reality the world has passed him by. This is actually not me. I’m not in that position. But I’ve seen it happen and talked to people who have seen it happen.

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Well this situation has existed since the beginning of time. Top level management has earned the right to retire when they are either ready to retire or the investors decide its time to make a change. Either wait your turn or bring your ideas and clients to a competitor. Thats the beauty of competition.

What you are describing is a Gen X vs Boomer discussion which is a reasonable discussion. I was drawn into the conversation b/c Gen Z is complaining about not getting jobs because of Boomers.