Why Gen X Characteristics Are Causing Problems | A Recipe For Effective Team Leadership

[@joearnold4378]

As a Gen Xr I find most meetings to be a pointless waste of my time. Leave me alone and let me do my job.

[@KFJN]

Agreed

[@michaelminervini1908]

I hate meetings. Especially scheduled weekly ones.

[@mbrady2329]

@@michaelminervini1908 the weekly ones would be fine if everyone just followed the agenda, stayed on topic and didn't waffle.

[@corvussheperd8046]

Amen.

[@lukaszmikula123]

Could not agree more

[@markflierl1624]

I'm Generation X and I find most work places to be like cults. I just want to show up, do my job, and go home: without joining the cult.

[@t-squared6406]

glad I never became a part of it,just a stupid job!

[@markflierl1624]

@ That is so true. Very few people I work with I would want to hang out with. Especially the people in charge. The people in charge are the craziest!

[@mssweets6119]

Exactly

[@stephanies3246]

I LOVE YOU!!! Well... I love what you said there. Over the last 15 years I’ve had 2 boomer supervisors at two different employers tell me, “Look, if you want to just come in, do your job and go home, then you’re in the wrong place.” I now have a fellow Gen X manager and it’s awesome!

[@abnerhayes6915]

The gen x way luv it

[@stephanies3246]

Boomers and Millennials are needy af.

[@MrJireh09]

Agreed!!

[@xtraflo]

Gen X - "Figure it the Fuck Out!! We had to !!"

[@hcoop5251]

As a generation x working for a gen x manager, it works pretty good for me. I would like some praise every now and then but I know I do a good job. We were brought up to be independent. I do think that millennials may struggle because they grew up getting a participation trophy for everything.

[@anikadiamond007]

I work in tech, so of course, many of the C-Suite, managers are Gen x. I'm Gen x as well, and very independent! I love their management style. I'm not interested in giving grown people participation trophies

[@stuart6478]

this is not a generational trait. this video is fake news

[@Killswitch1411]

i'm a millennial born in 84.. I don't ever recall a participation trophy.

[@1122Hoochie-Coochie-Coo]

@@Killswitch1411 Where were you raised?

[@Killswitch1411]

@@1122Hoochie-Coochie-Coo Wisconsin

[@syvajarvi2289]

I was a Gen X manager with millennial subordinates. My meetings were infrequent, informal on the fly, and as needed. After almost a year of one wanting to be micromanaged and the other thinking that they had the skills to do what I could do…. I went into contracted consulting, told my then boss to promote the one who thought they could do what I was doing…. Hell, my boomer boss was already meeting with both of my employees so why be the middle man in that arrangement? As for Gen Z, I kave a kid that is in that generation. I raised him with two important ideals…. Figure your sh*t out, no one else will for you…. And Life sucks get a f*cking helmet, it will be hard but worth it if you do it your way. He just needed to know to diversify his skills and be confident in his decisions, failure is an option but get back up on your own because no one else will really help you.

[@Christy.1]

I have two millennial daughters and one gen z daughter. I prefer my gen z daughter. Even though the older two started out good and well, when they got out on their own as adults, they absorbed all the nonsense and sucked it in and believed it. My youngest sees their nonsense for exactly what it is. She still has her moments, but I think the gen z's see how the millennials are and are not impressed at all with them. They're more open to us X'ers advice and such.

[@bencrawshaw1227]

The boomers screwed things up. The attempt to blame generation X for the mistakes of the boomers is pathetic.

[@jayd6372]

I guess this video is four years old now, but the Gen-Z that are starting to join the work place, from a Gen-x point of view, are pretty damn all right. Those kids are awesome, they'll google shit they don't know before asking for help, really put the effort in to figure it out. Some of them will actually put the notes in their phones.

[@chitownshank3164]

Yeah. I've trained 3 gen Z kids in welding and fabrication with minimal guidance and supervision. Sure they were annoying lol but they learned and worked. Now all 3 are 22-24 years old and bought their first house.

[@Christy.1]

I prefer dealing with the gen z kids. The only annoying thing is the constant phones/ear buds. They listen to you and heed your advice. They're more "real" and they don't have that I'm a victim mentality like the millennials do. They just get it.

[@chitownshank3164]

@@Christy.1 yup.

[@chitownshank3164]

@@Christy.1 This kid was arguing with his gf through his earbuds but he kept building his part through out the ordeal.

[@PanduPoluan]

​@@chitownshank3164heh. So in a way, Gen Z is just an always-connected Gen X. I find that endearing and also restoring my faith in the future of humanity.

[@lorasaltis4134]

Yuck, this is why I quit working for large corporations and started independent consulting. "Teamwork" means not getting credit for your own work and your success being dependent on others. I took my expertise and sold it at a very high hourly rate. Am I producing results for you? Then keep paying me by the hour for every hour. Is the job done? Not happy? Then, tell me not to come back and I'll be on my way. I made a lot of money this way. Bought some pretty acres of land and built a cute house. Now, I run a small private dog daycare business there. I take care of about 15 dogs a day and I have a wait list, 12 clients deep who want to send their dogs here if ever there is room for them. I usually have one or two part time people helping me out, but I am small enough to do the work myself if need be. Life is sweet. Of course, I'm Gen X.

[@myfavoriteplanet3247]

Gen X knows that working for corporations is bs. Corporate sucks, f**k corporate soul sucking companies.

[@christopherross8358]

This is like watching a former quarterback managing a Blockbuster talk about the importance of Hurahh meetings. 🐕🍩🥇⛳📈📌 BTW - you can thank us Gen X'rs for the internet. You're Welcome. 💋

[@scottonanski4173]

Nonsense. You show up, do your job, and leave your personal crap at home. If you can't do your job, then go work somewhere else. No one owes you anything other than a pay cheque at the end of the week. Sincerely, Generation X

[@digitalbobby42]

As Gen Xer, I don't ever want to go to another team meeting.

[@DaveMiller2]

Reaffirming, giving praise, consensus. These are foreign ideas to Gen X. We don't need it. We don't want it. We want to do our job and go home. Tell us what to do and get out of our way. If we need help we'll come find you.

[@Hey_Blinkin]

Nope, we won't conform. And just like we had to conform to your management style it's your turn to adapt. Get with it, or find a new job. You're there to work.

[@augustcanyon3438]

NIcely said! I'm tired of conforming to weakness

[@dmurphy1578]

I had a gen x principal. We were a month apart age wise. I had to tell the wemon that with her no news was good news. If she’s cool with you she will leave you alone. If she talking to you every day you have a problem.

[@fredblake6135]

A team is not those who you work with, it is those whom you trust. I've got some colleagues that work to solve problems when they happen and others that try to make themselves feel self-important by undermining everyone else. The ones that are trusted are the most respected.

[@WJFK480]

If you're a good manager, you know that just because you may want to be left alone most of the time, that doesn't mean everyone is just like you and even us gen xers enjoy being acknowledged now and then. It's one thing to coddle employees to death, and another to respect, acknowledge and be available to them.

[@BigDaddyJinx]

Which is impossible to do when we, as your leaders, are saddled to meeting after meeting after meeting. Most all of which could be scrapped outright or handled by a simple email communication. People seem to forget that right quick. Your leaders WANT to be available but everyone wants meetings.

[@XValothBranstrommerX]

The reason we decided to be invisible is because the world doesn't work for or with us. We knew that before you opened your yap, but thanks for proving us right. 👍

[@davidguthrie5941]

That's exactly why I left the corporate world and work alone. All sides are happier.

[@nuinidoberg1902]

As a Gen Xer and a manager, I am sitting in my office listening to my workers work out in the shop area. I do not micro manage them. I don't like people hovering over the top of me so why would I do that to them. They know their job and know howto get things done.

[@jamesslick4790]

Gen Xer here. I genuinely DON'T CARE about my co-workers' weekends, kids, dogs or ANYTHING else. If it's not DIRECTLY related to my job. I don't care. Well, OK I care if it's about cars or motorcycles...

[@NOLAgenX]

Former military officers and NCO’s that are GenX already know this and carry those “musts” over to the civilian workplace, because those are leadership facets trained into them.

[@TacShooter]

John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank (ducking behind cover): "Will there be meetings?" Dan Akroyd (also ducking behind cover, trying to form a merger): "Yesss." John Cusack: "No Meetings!" (shoots back)

[@jackgeary6928]

Boo hoo boomers and millennials that gen x don’t hold their hands every step of of the way. Once again everyone looks to gen x to change for everyone else. As a gen X boss, I constantly tell my people that “help is NOT on the way” and we need to figure things out ourselves. Except for other gen Xers, all I ever get is deer in the headlights expressions. I expect more than mediocrity.

[@Tommy1977777]

He keeps thinking there is a "team". You cant have a team unless you have something to motivate people to work as one. This means some kind of reward/interest. None of that materializes in corporate america.

[@Gamer12kzChannel]

As a Gen-Zer, I respect the Gen-X work mentality. "I don't [necessarily] care about anybody; we just work together[, as work is what we're here for]" sounds pretty based to me 👍. My parents are Gen X, so maybe that's why 🤷‍♂

[@bretteumont657]

Companies today think that they have to teach morality. Screw that just give my work and let me do my job. Not the company’s job to teach morality

[@velocitor3792]

This video makes me want to work for a Gen X manager.

[@Austinkungfuacademy]

Wellllp, people are quiet quitting now, so..........not sure how this all fits in. If Gen X is still in management, we're probably not asking them to do more than their job.

[@jackuzi8252]

Many GenXers had a lot of time alone, or at least without parental supervision, during their early years. We grew up having to just kind of get whatever done, figuring it out by ourselves (turning to peers when we needed help). And we had to do all that without the internet. So I guess a "team" is a much looser concept to us than to boomers or later generations?

[@noOnionswithoutTears]

Hey..... just a word from Gen X. We have zero desire to be your manager. Luckily we are all retiring early, so you don't have worry about us in the workplace. We won't be there. DEUCES! Go figure it out for yourselves, we will be at the beach sipping pina coladas.

[@dannyk3718]

As Gen X all this caring and taking an interest in Needy and incompetent co-workers sounds like bs and a complete waste of "leave me alone to do the job I'm paid for" time. Imo if you cant do the job your supposed to be qualified for, unless you have your team meetings, support structures, safe spaces , special hugs and gold star rewards then your a waste of space time and resources. Ff I work alone!

[@uoabigaillevey]

As GenX myself.. if I have to hold your hand or do your job for you I want your pay too. Learn your job.. do your job.. and do not interfere with the jobs of others.

[@MichelleGarcia-fg2xq]

We are not only sandwiched between our parents and then our kids but have to tolerate this crap on the job. It's enough to drive us insane but I'm thankful I'm not alone in this. Gen X will still stand up to this lunacy cause we are stronger than both these generations combined. 😂❤

[@synthoelectro]

once joined a job in 2003, where they tossed a nerf football to each person, and whoever caught it had to talk about their day and what they hope to accomplish in the workplace. Kind of strange, but that's team work I guess. Never was a team person, I just worked. ;) 1977

[@scanadaze]

Why, in my work career, I refused to be a foreman or a manager. I don't babysit adults. I just went out and got the job done without crying about the task.

[@montana-road-kill-harvest]

Damnit. I'm with my X generation. I don't want to know and be bogged down by all the drama. JUST DO THE THING! sigh.

[@jerrycaughman6324]

Im Gen X and I didn’t listen to a second of this video. Just came by to say we absolutely don’t give a fuck if we are causing problems in todays workplace. GFY

[@ASoundBalance]

😂😂😂😂. Typical brain washing motivational speaker bs.

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Gen X managers biggest problem is that they can't terminate millennials and gen-z in the work force because HR has essentially hamstrung their abilities to get rid of those who undermine the workplace. You can't just fire anyone for being a total fuck up or lazy ass anymore. You can't get rid of toxic employees who have no people skills and can't work with others. You can't get rid of people who consistently underperform, regardless of how many chances you give him/her. You can't fire anyone who is always clocking in late. These kind of toxic employees put strain on the ones who want to be there and want to work, and THEY'RE the ones who end up leaving to find greener pastures. Management now has to fill in those roles with people who have lousy work ethic or only do the bare minimum.

[@MikePierce170]

I'm happy to see so many fellow Gen X'ers sharing the same sentiment about this dork. 😂

[@ShipFacedPirate]

I’m Gen X and just want to be left alone to do my job. My coworkers are my teammates which help each other do the job, but I just want to get home to be with my family and not at the job to socialize.

[@cavemanjoe79]

I would describe Generation X as the E-4 mafia of the generation groups. They want to just get “the work” done so that they can go do something else more fun, or intriguing.

[@davidpietarila699]

There are two types of people in this world; Gen X and the weak.

[@GS-vb3zn]

As a Gen Xer this pissed me off. I was going to leave a scathing comment. Then I thought... f__k it, it's lunch time.

[@mindbenderx1174]

Genxer, i tell noobies, "look, I hate someone looking over my shoulder when i am learning something, you can focus on what you are supposed to be doing better, when not trying to impress me or being worrried about what i will say, just try it, I know you are ggoing to mess up and fall into the same traps everyone does, and you will learn from it. Mistakes suck, but the young worker that drives a forklift into a half lowered door is going to be the best driver afterwords.

[@Kennikus]

"I don't care about the workers" Xer manager LOLOL. I feel that but I don't say it bc I'm an Xer professor with Z students. I have been introducing a lot of play style/game show style distribution of content during IRL class to make students understand and become friends with each other. The way that they drift through not connecting with each other like inert gasses is really disturbing, like the fabric of society has been destroyed or is on its way to that.

[@dg-hughes]

I'd call this an extreme generalization of Gen X. There isn't a defined line, attitude, ideology of a Baby Boomer born Dec 31, 1964 and a Gen X born Jan 1, 1965. Or for the last Gen X born Dec 31, 1980 vs the first Millennial born Jan 1, 1981. I could understand how Boomers and Millennials would have difficulties relating have a generation between them. Also I can see how they as both very large cohorts (72 million) would have many things in common. I'm Gen X I like meetings I like everyone to know what is going on face to face in real time and I also would appreciate staff of any age that makes for a good work atmosphere living in silos is no way to work. Talking about weekends or your life is OK it's polite but to a point at some point it's still a work place and TMI can cause issues. Plus your work is not your family otherwise you couldn't be fired or you wouldn't be paid!

[@medievalman71]

No one asked us anything. It didn't matter about feelings. You just went to work.

[@rmcgraw7943]

Boomer: What are you working on? Gen X: Let me know if you have any issues; I respect your ability as an adult to determine if you need my help to do your job.

[@REV1517]

I was born in 1983 🤷🏼 some call me genx others Millennial. I personally liked working for a Boomer and with Boomers. Gen X management is ok for leaving me alone and not being up my ass. I can deal with the gen X management but when millennials take over I think I will retire.

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

The virgin Boomer/Millennial management style vs. the Chad Gen X management style.

[@kylesinclair5002]

You can keep your 13th place trophy… gen X just want to get the job done and don’t give a damn about empty titles/accolades or platitudes

[@MargueretteLorah]

I’m good with doing my job and when I’m done, I’m done. Wfh has been the greatest thing ever because as cool as my coworkers and bosses are, I prefer to keep work separate and not be distracted by people. Just let me know if I messed up, be there if I have questions and let me do my job. I can’t stand pointless meetings and calls with stupid corporate-ese and cheesy motivational cheerleading. My god it’s nauseating. It’s impossible not to 🙄🙄🙄

[@gemini722]

Didn't know I needed to constantly pat people on the back for doing their job, Gen X here...

[@920WASHBURN]

If i ever went to a job and had "teams", i would legit throw up and walk out. And besides all that, this fella is suggesting that we give in to coddled children? And thats going to make more money? Ha ha ha

[@ruzwatson6007]

If you are going to try and wear a suit try and wear the whole thing not just the jacket. A suit is a formal garment, something you wear at a formal occasions. It looks like you didn't negotiate your laundry tasks this week.

[@joecervantes3301]

Gen X here: yes, we want you to do well at your job, because when the team accomplishes the goal, everyone gets to go home. No, we don’t want to hear all the stories about everything that has nothing to do with work. Just work, please.

[@jaym3011]

I like yo be left alone….tell me what the task is, when it needs to be done and the main contacts information in case I have a question….don’t drag me into pointless meetings and then ask me how far we are in the task that I was supposed to be working on when you already know how much time I am wasting in meetings…

[@TheLegion78]

@TheLegion78 0 seconds ago Back in '97 One of my favorite lines at one of my first jobs I had, was when our boss asked us to do something and my friend looked at him dead in the eye and said "I...don't...care," my boss started to tell him what he wanted done "I don't care!" He kept repeating it while he got the job done. When I am in meetings I often in my head just saying it like him "I...don't...care! I don't care" then I tell my team I agree with whatever dumb thing they have agreed upon and then go do my own thing.😂 As Gen X slightly jaded, but with my employees who I supervise I do the boomer meetings as I saw how that made my father and friend successful back in the day.

[@fuqoff8583]

Not sure if it’s a coincidence but I’m gen x and I am exactly the gen x manager he described. I saw a t shirt once that said “nobody cares - work harder” and I think no truer words have ever been said.

[@bentmercer]

As genx we expect everyone to carry their weight, without supervision, without micro management

[@springsource]

SRSLY

[@frozenkilt]

Right? I hire adults for a reason. Come to me when you need help or the big club to get the point across somewhere else. Outside of that, if I don't hear from you, I assume it's business as usual.

[@stuart6478]

fake news

[@1122Hoochie-Coochie-Coo]

Exactly. Boomers and the millennial kids constantly need validation or their hands held for EVERYTHING. IT'S PATHETIC!

[@richmondmancil9264]

Yep. If they can not, then they should be fired

[@winst0n888]

The only problem Gen X managers have is not enough Gen X employees.

[@augustcanyon3438]

100%

[@shivag73]

Amen

[@THE_CDN]

Indeed!

[@eligebrown8998]

Truth

[@TyStar10]

Bingo 🎯

[@gustav24-7-52]

While the Boomers and the Millennials are having pep rallies and team meetings to plan how to achieve this week's goals, Gen X just wants to get the job done so we can go home. You want hugs, get them from your family, not your job.

[@mugshock1234]

Well said!

[@witchqueen8576]

right on

[@a2ndopynyn]

*^THIS THIS THIS^*

[@RiverSprite30]

I can understand the importance of team building and needing to rebuild that in the workplace. That actually is important. The problem is, the younger generation doesn't want to stay on topic about anything serious in these meetings

[@eligebrown8998]

So true

[@44excalibur]

Look, when the zombie apocalypse comes, Generation X will survive and the Baby Boomers and the Millennials will perish, it's that simple.

[@moksha6202]

You are probably right . M will die young. In the long run it will be Gen X as they have better work ethics.

[@michellelea8511]

This made me laugh because it is so true. Gen X to the bitter end!

[@michellelea8511]

@Thomas Drish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@angelarocke5164]

My fellow Gen Xers, I wholeheartedly agree. As a matter fact, this is one of my slogans lol for lack of a better word at the moment.

[@anikadiamond007]

Millenials.

[@kj475]

Gen Xrs are independent and confident in their own abilities and expect the same of everyone else. They don't need external validation and are comfortable accepting responsibility for and managing their own lives. They don't want to be coddled and have no interest in coddling anyone else. Their favorite words of advice are "Figure it out and get it done"

[@winkingowl1913]

That's how we were raised!

[@avoiceinthewilderness9864]

That is so true!

[@ajgunter8932]

100% millennials are a f*cking joke with how helpless they are.

[@keyratcane66]

We were the Latch Key Kids. We are independent and want to be left alone.

[@keyratcane66]

@@ajgunter8932 That is being kind.

[@ajgunter8932]

So basically what youre saying is Boomers and Millennials need to be coddled and have there hands held and shown how to do each and every part of a project. At the end is everyone supposed to get a participation trophy?

[@MrJireh09]

Yup....remember....boomers are parents of millenials..,.they love the get praised by doing nothing...,.

[@Grubnar]

Pretty much, yeah!

[@stuart6478]

green xers invented the participation trophy. fake news

[@cswservices2240]

Don't forget that if something happens and you make a small change to overcome a new obstacle to help them understand why you didn't just call it a day. Go home early and come back late since there's something different.

[@danielball959]

To be fair, that IS how we raised them...unfortunately. Helicopter parenting, play-dates, expanded CPS so if a kid is on their own even a little bit, the state comes down with both feet on the parent for letting their little loin-fruit have some freedom and responsibility. WE let this happen (Generation X), we let it get this way, this is the result of the participation trophy, helicopter-parenting model. Our parents might've been largely absent, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. WE overcompensated, and now this is the result.

[@dalerushton1394]

I'm a Gen-X dude, we're not the problem, believe me. I'll leave it at that.

[@pthompson5135]

I have to admit as a Gen X, I always say I go to work to work and not have to socialize or pretend I give a crap about everyone's personal life or even worse feelings. I don't need that attention and I'd rather not have to be expected to give it. It really is so lame to me at 55 to have a 32 year old say I hurt her feelings because I asked her why she didn't take extra time to set up a very important work space prior to the next work day. It was a question but all she heard was an accusation and literally complained to HR. She is gone and I'm not. That is something I cannot stand. Stop requiring other people to spend more time asking you a question in a way that you don't find painful. I agree with productive regular staff meetings but I don't require them to want to do my job well. And I certainly don't get offended by questions posed- I just answer them without crying. We had a 20 something employees mother actually call in for her daughter a couple times- it was embarrassing. Her daughter was let go eventually. She took everything as an insult when just being corrected. Work is work- just do your job and then leave it behind when your done. Building team trust and closeness via parties and meetings has its own problems- that being the clicks that form leading to all sorts of stupid shit that takes place not even work related. I've worked with people from my own age group and generally it works out good, but younger groups and all the suddenly I have to talk to them like their big babies; change my voice inflection to go up, talk softer and make big eyes, talk slow and phrase everything in the most passive form possible. Its dumb. I agree Gen X is a big problem for boomers and millennials. So sad for them.

[@Mr360cuda]

Two things bother me most about the young people. One they seem to think we should be more sensitive about their feelings than getting the job done. And they are always offended!

[@Eyesunmoonstars]

This feelings ish is getting on my nerves for real. Why have a meeting about Billy’s hurt feelings? What are they expecting me to do about it exactly? Rub his back? 🥴

[@kimberlyn.2096]

Generation X here. Sarcasm and cynicism are our jam. We are independent and have always taken care of ourselves. The latch key kids don’t need anybody. “Reaffirm”😂😂😂😂

[@augustcanyon3438]

Shout out to truth!

[@shawncarter5619]

Yes, we are the Honey Badgers of human society...Honey Badger don't give a shit!

[@Eyesunmoonstars]

Heavy on the sarcasm and cynicism, please and thank you!

[@DartJedi]

My last job. There were Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. I am one of the Xers, The Xer, as I became. The Company was started by being ran by a Boomer CEO, Then it passed to his Millennial Son and Daughter. It was ran both of the ways you talked about, and both ways it suffered. I was the longest non-related employee when it was sold, also the longest employee in general. There were meetings that were worthless. And management did not explain anything and just a mix of everything you said, was a way to determine the difference in management styles. You are wrong, stop blaming Gen X for the inadequacies of the other generations. And btw, Corporate America was bending the boomers over in the 70s and 80s, this showed us Gen-Xers there was no loyalty, so we do not expect it, because there is none. Do not put your greedy lies on us. Just give us the correct tools to do the job and get the hell out of the way. If the other gens cant keep up, that is not our problem, They can ask for help, we will give it, and they better listen.

[@sstrange1973]

Speak Brother!

[@pmeehan_3]

As an older Gen X we grew up with little supervision. In the workplace give me the tools to do my job and don't breath down my neck.

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

As a Gen Xer, I totally hate weekly meetings and don't see the point of having it. Monthly meeting is enough, weekly meetings are way too suffocating and a waste of time that could have spent more productively in making an output at work. I wonder whats wrong with these boomers and millennials, can't they learn to use their brains and stand on their own two feet.? We're not your helicopter parents to do it. And please no we don't need your praise and certainly not interested to be "seen". We are happy doing our own thing.

[@jimflagg4009]

Gen Xers grew up with both parents working and latch keys. We had to do everything on our own. We kinda think every one is independent and will handle it on their own. We hate micro management where the boss is constantly checking in. We would rather have the task emailed to us and be left alone to work on it.

[@t-squared6406]

exactly!

[@firebirdtelevision175]

I like being part of a team, but I don't need to hear if I am doing a great job. I already know I am. My millennial managers apologize for my hardships (customer service woes) and I don't understand why. It's my JOB

[@iamcancer3298]

Pfft...As a GENxer, try daily meetings😒with two extra afternoon meeting, for a total 7 per week

[@hirsch4155]

Yeah that’s all well and good but a lot of us Gen x are cold af. Admit it.

[@t-squared6406]

I am a Gen X,the early part,we just get things done,no fancy title,no bs,just get it done!!!

[@hirsch4155]

Late part is different.

[@lucasbuck6588]

Same here

[@Mr360cuda]

First year GenXer 1965. We are a different breed for sure!

[@barbaramatthews4735]

Im Gen X and like team work. I don't like to be micromanageg nor do I want to micromanago others. Team meetings can be important but need to be limited. Half the time I've been to ot, it was a bitch session. The other half was how great the management was doing and a lot of complicated information that didn't even have anything to do my actual job. There is always one person who waits to the very end to ask a stupid and random question that has nothing to do with the meeting. It could be something about the microwave in the break room or a piece of broken office equipment... and it will lead to another half hour of nonsense. Sometimes these meetings are at lunchtime and a manager that doesn't know anything wants everyone to clock out but be there anyway. He or she is worried about overtime. That becomes a big debate. Meetings should have a purpose and set time limit. The topics should be work related and pertain to actual jobs. It should be informative and to the point. Don't hold a meeting to hold a meeting.

[@t-squared6406]

exactly

[@michellelea8511]

Hit it on the head. I don’t mind meetings if they are pertinent and to the point.

[@DefiantSix]

I'd bet the mortgage that it was one of us Gen-X'ers that invented the line, "That was a(nother) meeting that could have been an email."

[@christinagaller4374]

Im working at a millennial majority company and there is like a meeting everyday. This meeting culture is too much. However, its not much of a micromanaging issue, it's more to connect, bond, learn, sharing, socialize, and updating each other.

[@michellelea8511]

@@christinagaller4374 yep. The amount of intrusive and what I consider inappropriate activities going on during these meetings has me flummoxed. One meeting recently had us discuss our “love language”. How is this pertinent to work?? It’s not. I am living in the upside down.

[@lihtan]

I'm a Gen-X. I remember one job I worked at, that was a total chaotic shit show when it came to management and leadership. Some of my co-workers asked me how I managed to stay motivated and productive amidst all the chaos. I told them that you needed to find your own sense of meaning and purpose, in the absence of praise and recognition. Think of this as a post-apocalyptic society where no one is in charge. If you want something done, go do it yourself. Don't expect answers from the boss, because he won't have any! If the systems you need aren't in place, then you'll have to build them yourself!

[@increiblepelotudo]

I'll paint it in the simplest way I know from personal experience - (1970 born). No one taught me how to ride a bicycle, I taught myself with zero praise or comments how to ride a bike when I was nine. We were left alone and had to figure most things by ourselves. Teams can and do work, but they need to understand all the players on it. I love, love, love pulling my own weight of responsibility when in a group setting, but all stakeholders need to know and understand how the other members work. This is a lot to ask, but our background is vastly different than Boomers and Millennials. Our kids, kinda get it, as they were not coddled. My kids were always told the following, "... yes, it was good work, but what do you think you could have done to get a better result on the project.'

[@avoiceinthewilderness9864]

I know so true. I was 5 or 6 when I taught myself to ride a bike.

[@christinagaller4374]

Im working at a millennial majority company and there is like a meeting everyday. This meeting culture is too much. However, its not much of a micromanaging issue, it's more to connect, bond, learn, sharing, socialize, and updating each other.

[@njineermike]

​@@christinagaller4374I don't need to bond, I don't want to be their friend, socializing is for off work. Point at what you want done right, leave me alone, give me my paycheck, and well be fine. Otherwise expect me to only participate with sarcastic comments.

[@rainybeet]

Best description I have seen of Gen X kids is the Home Depot Kids... It seems like there should be someone around to help out, but there isn't. Latch Key all the way baby! (Minus the latch and key starting around 9.)

[@daleyounk8005]

As a millennial tech professional, there are a lot of ways to get a thing done. And even more ways to do it wrong that make major future headaches for the whole company. We don't live in a world that "done is good enough." No matter how much time we put into self training, it is critical that our senior peers take the time to show us how and more importantly why things are done based on real world experience. But most of them won't be bothered. It is so tiring hearing gen x talk about how they just got it done, and then they call a millennial because they can't open their email.

[@Xikatt]

So good to read comments that say exactly what I'm thinking & feeling!

[@fdme33]

bloomers and millennials need helicopter managers. X is a lone wolf.

[@monsterhobbiesonlinestore]

X can do it all by themselves. Why do X's need a team? :D

[@thepaperdragon1951]

master po the worst for me (‘69) x’er is the cooperative learning crap shoved on me in collage. I’m like...really? I don’t do Cooperative learning! I do it on my own.

[@monsterhobbiesonlinestore]

@@thepaperdragon1951 Standing on your own two feet and ringing on your own bells?

[@canislatrans8285]

I'm a Wurlitzer theater organ. I don't need a bunch of people to be an orchestra!

[@DeAnnaG_KissingFrogsMedia]

As a GenX worker, I get crap done and usually the crap of 4 others too. As a GenX manager/team leader - My teams are fire. Me as GenX manager answering to a boomer who clearly is trying to intentionally make me look bad, play power games or otherwise treat me or my team like dog crap to get a bonus the rest of us wont see. and I call em on it…”you’re fired!” Ok. Say goodbye to that bonus. Because usually if I quit or get fired, my coworkers/ teams either get fired or walk off the job. What most employers dont get, is that GenX employees are stabilizing their companies. And since we are hitting retirement or burn out, turn over is gonna get even worse than it is now. Bring the pay and the benefits or kiss your corps goodbye

[@aquarius5719]

Power games can only be played by slackers. It takes time to think moves in that game. When someone plays games of power, solve it with more workload. If game continues despite of more workload verify that the workload is not being delegated to someone else and micromanage progress so the slacker has no time for games.

[@74artgrrl]

well, we were latchkey kids. I was, anyway and my boomer mom often repeated that old shit “ children should be seen and not heard” and trust me when I say I wasn’t heard. Also my single mom of two kids drilled it into me to work hard for ANYTHING I want in life because you can’t rely on some man to help me. I saw with my own eyes she and many other moms had ZERO help in raising kids. She would also frequently remind me that one day she’ll be dead and I shouldn’t ever rely on her. I’ve worked since I was 12. As an adult, until a mere 6 years ago I worked 2 jobs and I raised my own daughter alone with no child support until I met my now husband. Gen X had it rough. But that’s also why we’re tough.

[@Single_moms_suck_at_life]

That's really all I hope for from my own daughter. Don't be a victim and learn as many lucrative skills as possible, but I worry: is that enough or just my skewed gen x perspective?

[@74artgrrl]

@@Single_moms_suck_at_life look, I think we could all claim to be victims if you want to find that niche. And almost all of us bitching, one way or another, are working class. Republicans love to reflect on Reagan being the best president... but he began to spend and bring our deficit high while claiming his “trickledown economics” would eventually reach the middle and low class income workers. Ever since then we’ve seen democratic presidents even out our deficit and republicans lower it again. With wars and tax cuts for the rich. C’mon now.... we as the working class citizens pay their salaries and healthcare for life should come together here and decide that the thing to do is to make working people’s lives better. That means... backing “Black Lives Matter”... first and foremost. Full stop. And let’s remember to mention that good cops hate bad cops but the system prevents them from saying so. And misogyny is alive and real... so stop telling women they’re mistaken about their experiences in life when you’re a man and don’t like hearing or reading what a woman puts out there as her truth because it simply makes you uncomfortable to reckon with. Understand that most feminists are here rowing this boat with you guys because we love good men. Ok? And you all need to understand that black women are the hardest working group of people that I have seen in this country. And I’m a hard working white woman. And all I have to say right now. Let’s hope Biden wins by a landslide because another 4 years of trump... even as a white guy you won’t recognize this country anymore.

[@hcoop5251]

Exactly, suck it up buttercup and just do your job. - Gen X

[@roxane1237]

I've lived the same thing as you but I am a millenial. I don't know if it has much to do with generation here. Seeing your single parent struggle makes you very independent (maybe to a fault).

[@74artgrrl]

@@roxane1237 yes, that’s a very valid point and my intentions are not to exclude people of other generations. There were boomers and those of the silent generation who were also raised by single parents. The only reason I bring up GenX and latchkey generation is because the 70’s and 80’s saw an alarming number of divorce rates and women navigating the workforce without proper child care programs intact. Many of us raised ourselves. But I do understand your point.

[@wademcginnis9361]

I am a gen x employer my philosophy is buck up butter cup your mommy doesn't work here

[@aquarius5719]

There are 3 elements that bring low performance: * Employee does not WANT. Attitude problem. * Employee does not KNOW. Training needed. I know how to explain astrodynamics to a primary school kid, and I am not exaggerating. I am plain good at teaching. * Employee CANNOT. Resource problem or expertise needed. So I implement a plan to upskill or logistics to deliver required resources. The astrodynamics for kids was a spare time project at a local school that attracted local TV news as it was education innovation. It turned astrodynamics into a game. One parent came to me and said he would have studied engineering if he had been through the workshop for these kids. To me a task at work should be fun. I managed toake these kids to turn astrodynamics into a game. BS stops when people are having fun.

[@zcorpalpha2462]

Why I’m retired at age 45 🔥❤️‍🔥 Enjoying Life. Gen. X Rules My meetings are private now 🥃🤣

[@r.o2938]

It didn't start in the workplace for us Xers. We had idiot hippie dippy Boomer teachers who made us do group projects where we were supposed to "dialogue" (they LOVE that word) with our fellow group members. Any hope I ever had of being a team player was killed by that. The hardest worker does the whole damn thing and everyone else gets credit for it. No thank you.

[@Christy.1]

Very good point. That's what's going on with me and my woke liberal company. I'm the hard worker, and it's physical work. And I'm a broken down 51 year old female. I've been getting pissed off more and more, and now I"m at the point of refusing to do jobs and calling them out on holding me to a higher standard then their regular (mainly younger) workers. They just turn it around that I have a bad attitude, and I"m guessing that's why I can't get promoted.

[@peterberg3446]

THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE.

[@jaywalking17]

Quiet Quitting. Look into it. The lazy, ass-kissing, incompetent ones sadly reap the rewards. @@Christy.1

[@lordmegatron8444]

​@@Christy.1Sounds like you work for Target.

[@pcs9518]

I’m a gen x manager in the retail industry. I actually increased meetings due to employees needing their hands held every day to get the job done. I encourage independent work habits and emphasis on how I don’t want to micromanage everyone. I’m patient and make sure my employees understand the tasks I require of them and how to perform them. I continually receive the highest employee satisfaction surveys and my department has low turnover and we get shiz done.

[@vickiesmith5830]

Can I come work for you?

[@mugshock1234]

Right on! Reading your post was literally like hearing myself talk. You sound like a good boss, I wonder why 😉.

[@aquarius5719]

I reduced my meetings by informing manager about progress and any developments that may affect work. So the questions about how is my work going and other situations that may affect performance, are there. That way problem solving is always preventive, minimal communication, work done. One on one meetings not needed.

[@vivianraw]

I've heard these generational labels thrown around but until today, August 1, 2022, I never bothered to look up what they meant or their characteristics. Found out I'm labeled a Gen X-er. I'm not big on labels but it seems that I'm fitting the description. Also, I'm loving the comment section so far.

[@halinadoncaster8686]

We are indeed awesome!

[@marcmonnerat4850]

So basically, the generations that are quickest to proclaim themselves as open to others and reactive to change are unable to interact with GenX who are a little distant? Strange.

[@rainybeet]

And of three generations, the one that does not need their hand held and wants to get the job done first and foremost is the one that needs to change to be more like the other two. What we really need are two meetings each day... one to let everyone know how everyone else's job is going, and one to pat everyone on the head, tell them what good boys and girls they are, and give them a lollipop.

[@benjaminburkett9962]

So, what you are saying is you have to coddle these people 🤔!!! They aren't grown adults and know how to do their jobs?

[@pmmackenzie1525]

Gen X best X

[@Golfzilla70]

I'm sure there's more to this speech than what this 3 minute vid showed that would add some context, but man it sounds like everyone around the Gen X manager needs to have their hand held to get a job done. I've been in an office environment since 1993, and i've NEVER heard that we don't have enough meetings -- it's usually the opposite ! But the narrator does bring up an interesting point. While chiding Gen X because they're not like the generation before them or the generation after them (like that means the boomers and the millennials must be right since it's 2 against 1), by default he seems to have confirmed that they're both on the same page, which is obviously different than your standard Gen X'er (certainly true if just a small sampling of this message board for the vid is any indication). One could easily conclude this probably goes a LONG way in explaining how we got to where we are in our current political environment. Our generation just doesn't have enough votes for common sense to get the same say in things that it maybe once did. And i'm not singling out an individual political party here, neither one of the big two seem to be able to ever put their best foot forward anymore.

[@keybored67]

do the job, get my pay, pay my bills.....thats it thats all

[@t-squared6406]

that's right

[@keyratcane66]

Absolutely! Let me do my job and go home.

[@aquarius5719]

Mission accomplished, go home. Is that so hard to understand?

[@joannatassin3238]

oh no... you just described ME to a T! I really couldn't care less about my coworkers, I'm here to do a job. I want to do my work independently!!!

[@rebekah.2187]

"My boss never comes to check on me. He never asks me how I'm doing?" I just can't stop laughing at this. He's your boss, not your mommy. And the boomers can't figure things out and go to the boss to ask questions now and then? The need a 20-minute meeting for, "Here, do this?" It sounds like the problem is that Gen X is trapped between two generations that need someone to hold their hands to get anything done. Bosses should only care about you, personally, when you need to take a vacation, and any family emergencies that might cause you to need time off, a schedule change, or to work from home. That's it. Edit: Gen X cares about their fellow human beings. They just don't need all the details.

[@publicpitchblendeorg]

Dude! Teams are what SUCKED as a successful developer. Cleaning up after less skilled/talented co-workers, bosses who freaked if you wrote code they didn't understand, and underlings after your job.

[@lisavanhouten4981]

I'm Gen X and here's what confuses me about Gen Z at my workplace. Everyone talks about how social they are, yet you get two of them in a room and they don't talk. They just put ear buds in (or not) and go on their phones...they barely look up from their phones to even speak to each other three feet away. Almost impossible to have a conversation with them because its so obvious they don't want to actually ...talk...to you...they just want to be on their phones during any second of downtime they get. I've given up at this point....

[@bigcali173]

That’s because they do most of their talking by texting, sending emoji’s, memes, and off the wall pictures. Me, I just literally laugh out loud. Gen Z, they use words and characters to do the laughing for them.

[@lynntaylor9681]

I'm Gen X but I don't like to talk myself so those Gen Zers you were talking about sound normal to me. I prefer texting to talking to people in real life myself.

[@bigcali173]

@@lynntaylor9681 That’s called being an introvert. It’s not that you don’t like to talk, it’s probably more like you like to talk to certain people and even then it’s more of a one on one thing. Talking to people constantly is draining. You’d rather engage in controlled conversation such as text because let’s face it, you can cut off communication instantly and not seem rude 🤣😂😂 I am an introvert also and every engagement I’m in is controlled to a degree. I’m also a Gen xer , my ability to team up, speak up, or be self motivated is awesome. Especially when it’s time to put the work in with no shortcuts. I could be wrong about you. But it sounds close

[@msskye5]

Keep in mind that this generation is only now entering the workforce and at a junior level. The youngest gen Z are around 14. They have been bombarded by attention-seeking social media of every type that exists and they understand their need to economise and carefully distribute their attention. It is their currency. If you just want to chat, you have to earn that place with them because there are thousands or more people to whom they have access who also want to tell them something. If you care about them, give them real strategies, help them not waste their time or energy with efficiency tips, and above all be radically honest with them (they have built-in bs detectors). Eventually, just maybe, they will consider what you want to say to them worth their time, and maybe, long after they've decided you're not just scamming attention from them, they may even approach you to share time and attention mutually. They are surrounded in the digital world by "influencers" of every kind; nobody has special status to them. If you want to socialise with them, you have to earn it.

[@Brigadier_Beau]

@@bigcali173 I'm Gen X and an introvert. I prefer texting or emailing, because I can say what I want to say in its entirety without someone talking over me, changing the subject, or ignoring me completely.

[@jpii8468]

Dave Chappelle? Gen X. Elon Musk? Gen X. Need I say more?

[@anikadiamond007]

Inventors of Google, KZbin, social media, basically everything online . Gen x.

[@andreaburns1198]

As a gen x,what’s wrong with going to work do the job and go home,I hate when someone is watching me do my job or even talking to me,I don’t need baby sat,and I don’t need a pat on the head someone telling me I’m doing a good job,I know I’m doing a good job,shit I still have a job.

[@aquarius5719]

Only slackers could watch you. They need more workload for themselves.

[@squidward66]

Clearly, the point is only us Gen X'ers deserve to be hired. Don't waste time with the needy whiners. Goodness sakes, it's WORK people!

[@Dobviews]

So in other words it is our fault for excelling at "Figure it the fuck out on your own". Got it.

[@jimmulone2422]

I am a gen xer. I really do it want all that “affirmation”. Just let me come to work do my job and collect my pay. I don’t need a thousand “thank you’s “. And so here it is the start of why Gen X is the problem. We were left to our own devices growing up and that’s how we entered the work place and that is how we will run the work place. All this BS coddling can be left at the door. You don’t go to work to make friends you go to work to make a paycheck to pay bills and hopefully maybe you can make a bit extra to invest or use for the future.

[@kimberlee2809]

I want people to do their jobs. You're getting paid so be a self starter. I never needed a Boomer or Silent Generation manager at work to motivate me or reinforce my worth. The promotions did that.

[@stephanies3246]

Haven’t you heard? We’re the new Silent Generation. We keep our heads down and plow through. Without any drama or whining.

[@aquarius5719]

To me the best promotion is to move to another job that pays more