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re: Working with millennials is exhausting
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:20 am to Klark Kent
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:20 am to Klark Kent
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I’m fully aligned with the 45-minute reassurance sprint model. Constant feedback loops are the cornerstone of my personal OKRs, and frankly, my emotional ROI tanks without them. If we’re not syncing every hour, are we even a high-performing unit? Let’s double-down on this overcommunication strategy and scale our vibes responsibly.
I know you posted this as satire/sarcasm but I want to Superman punch you in the throat.
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Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:29 am to Oilfieldbiology
These threads always crack me up. It's why I can't take a boomer's advice on anything anymore.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:29 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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I still do this to people older than me, but that is a cultural thing strictly is the Deep South
I say sir and maam to everyone, even strangers at the convenience store, regardless of age.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:30 am to The Boat
In fairness, most of the people setting useless Teams meetings are 40 and trying to justify their existence, not 25
So millennials
So millennials
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:30 am to Oilfieldbiology
deservedly so. Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:31 am to Meauxjeaux
NFSIHTF
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:31 am to Meauxjeaux
Sounds like a you problem.
Work with lots of millennials, and they're just like any other age group. Some are great. Some are mid. Some are average.
I work with folks who are older, "more experienced", as well, and just as many of them are useless as frick when trying to get something done.
Work with lots of millennials, and they're just like any other age group. Some are great. Some are mid. Some are average.
I work with folks who are older, "more experienced", as well, and just as many of them are useless as frick when trying to get something done.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:34 am to 3nOut
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That being said, around 2019-2021, we had a couple of girls at our office that were about 10-12 years younger than me. Completely different work ethic and way of conducting ourselves. Took days off regularly, always asked me to ask the boss basic questions, wanted to talk about their feelings about work things all the time, would schedule meetings for the most mundane things that could be emails. We all were WFH before Covid but they would be out running errands all the time on work calls and not even try to hide it.
Millennial men are the most productive employees at my company. We don't have a lot of females in my division so I am not an expert on that. In my experience though, white American millennial women are the most entitled demographic I've ever had to deal with in terms of dating and just general accountability in life. They seem to have it way easier than everybody else but constantly complain about being "oppressed."
A lot of our boomer employees that are still there waste a lot of time on "workplace synergy" and a lot of other corporate bs.They would honestly be let go if our company didn't value arse kissing so much because they're generally the weakest link when it comes to sales and productivity.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 11:29 am
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:36 am to 3nOut
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I’m 42 and I self identify as Gen X. Other than understanding technology, there is hardly anything tying me to Millennial over GX.
I totally agree with that, I was born in 1981, graduated high school in 1998 and was in my second year of college at the turn of the millennium. I didn't have my first cell phone until i was 22 or 23 years old. How did i grow up any different then GenX because i was born a few months late.
The phrase wasn't even coined until 1991 and didn't gain real traction until the mid 2000s.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 9:59 am to Meauxjeaux
I enjoyed working with the younger generations….early 20’s to early 40’s. I was the old fart in the Engineering Department so I usually trained them. I found them to have a sense of humor and showed respect. And bright too. They knew all the latest software and I still had my AutoCad in “classic mode”…lol
Only “problem” was they didn’t hang around long after training but you can’t blame them for leaving for greener pastures. I stay in touch with many of them and have become great friends.
Only “problem” was they didn’t hang around long after training but you can’t blame them for leaving for greener pastures. I stay in touch with many of them and have become great friends.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:04 am to Jcorye1
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I am a problem solver, I'm good at it, but when that's figured out it's all I do almost every day. I can't say no, because then I'm not a team player, but at this point I can't keep saying yes because I am so damn burnt out that the depression is coming back with a vengeance.
Feel you bro. Gotta learn how to delegate but it’s hard when everybody below you feels like a dumbass and you don’t have a hand in hiring. Just put your head down and keep grinding working brother all you can do.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:42 am to ManWithNoNsme
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Only “problem” was they didn’t hang around long after training but you can’t blame them for leaving for greener pastures. I stay in touch with many of them and have become great friends.
Company loyalty is kind of an outdated concept now. There's really no point when pensions are gone and you can get fired at the drop of a hat if the economy dips or your company gets bought out.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:46 am to 3nOut
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I’m 42 and I self identify as Gen X. Other than understanding technology, there is hardly anything tying me to Millennial over GX.
Don’t buy into Boomer propaganda; we’re Millennials. With that said, considering the name of the fricking generation referred to the fact that we “came of age” around the turn of the millennium, it would make a lot more sense for us to be a smaller generation, especially because our defining feature is bridging the digital/analog gap. Something like 1980-1990 would make sense to me. Someone who grew up without internet being lumped in with someone who doesn’t remember a world without smartphones doesn’t make sense from a cultural perspective.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 10:57 am to The Boat
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s this where people think Millennials are 25
The fact that he hasn't responded to anything else tells me he for sure doesn't realize how old millennials are.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:00 am to bigtiger440
quote:"Baby boom" wasn't coined until 10 years after that generation started, either. Greatest Generation wasn't coined until the 1990s.
The phrase wasn't even coined until 1991 and didn't gain real traction until the mid 2000s.
You don't start defining generations the moment they are born (which unfortunately is what we've done with "Gen Alpha" and it's stupid).
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:00 am to The Boat
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Is this where people think Millennials are 25
Yes.
And it's painful to realize that none of them are in their 20s and some of them are already 45.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:02 am to Defenseiskey
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Millennial men are the most productive employees at my company.
Similar observation here. I've noticed that the older Millennials are very different from the younger ones. That's probably a generation that should have been split when describing them.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:09 am to member12
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I've noticed that the older Millennials are very different from the younger ones. That's probably a generation that should have been split when describing them.
There is a massive socio-economic and cultural divide between millennials who started their professional careers before vs after the 2008 financial crisis. The older millennials more frequently enjoy life styles similar to gen x owning homes, having lots of kids, getting divorced, having expensive vehicles, travel ball, vacation homes, etc. The younger millennials tend to have much more turbulent careers and struggle more in dating, home ownership, and have fewer kids later in life. They look a lot more like gen z economically, just not quite as desperate. This is just looking at these demographics as an aggregate, so there's obviously tons of poor older millennials and affluent younger ones.
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:11 am to member12
quote:This is true of most generations. Big difference between the early Boomers and Generation Jones.
I've noticed that the older Millennials are very different from the younger ones. That's probably a generation that should have been split when describing them.
This post was edited on 8/21/25 at 11:51 am
Posted on 8/21/25 at 11:11 am to 3nOut
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I’m 42 and I self identify as Gen X
pretty zoomer to be trans but i guess that makes sense with Gen x raising zoomers
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