The Baby Boomers
The Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, were brought up in
an abundant, healthy post-war economy,
becoming an egocentric generation. They saw the world revolving around them.
Nuclear families were the norm. More than anything, work has been a de-fining
part of both, their self worth and their evaluation of others. Their life style
revolves around the fact that they live
to work. Balance is a quaint idea but not really a possibility. As such, they see the workday at least 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. This is a significant tension point
between them and the newer generations, as they expect others to have
the same work ethic and work the same
hours. The earlier part of this generation followed the “bent” rules set by the
traditionalists.
Generation X
The generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, was the first generation raised on “to do lists”
and grew up with high rate of blended
families. They were also brought up in
the shadow of the influential boomer generation.
They witnessed their parents sacrifice greatly for their companies. As a consequence,
they developed behaviors (not values) of independence, resilience and
adaptability more strongly than previous generations. In opposition to the hard driving
Boomers who live to work, they work to live and view the world with a little cynicism and
distrust.
Generation Y
The Y generation, born between 1981 and 2000, has been
portrayed as the next big generation, an enormously powerful group that has the
sheer numbers to transform every life stage it enters.!!They were brought up
during the ‘empowerment’ years where everyone won and everyone got a medal.
Raised by parents who nurtured and structured their lives,
they were drawn to their families for safety and security. They were also
encouraged to make their own choices and taught to question authority. This
group was also raised in a consumer economy, and as Overcoming Generational Gap
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influence the terms and conditions of
their job. As a result, they expect employers to accommodate their ‘consumer’
expectations in this regard. This is the
basis for the expecting more style that
characterizes this generation. They don’t necessarily see that they should get
more, but that an employer should give more to their employees. They were brought up with an ‘empowered’ parenting
style and therefore they are not afraid
to express it their opinion.
Generation Y (as well as X, to a lesser degree) is also the
first to grow up with computers and the Internet as a significant part of their
lives. Constant experience in the networked world has had a profound impact on their style
in approaching problem-solving situations.
This generation of worker is coming into the workforce with
networking, multiprocessing, and global-minded
skills that the traditionalists and baby boomers could not have imagined. The
advent of interactive media such as instant messaging, text messaging, blogs,
and especially multi player games have
generated new skills and styles of collaborating in the generation X and the generation Y to such
degree that it has made them different.
This ‘always on’ or ‘always
connected’ mind-set is at the heart of some of the friction that exists between
the generations. The x and y generation
is challenged by the rigidity of the eight
to five workdays.
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