Generation Divide Even Over The Holidays
Lina Ko November 26th, 2007
According to a recent American Express survey, baby boomers are the bosses least likely to throw a Holiday party, dole out business or send a fruit basket.
The survey indicated that there are now four generations showing up at Christmas parties in workplaces. They all have their different attitudes and expectations and different ways they wish the party would happen. Either they don’t come to the party, or they come and complain.
It’s not just parties, according to the survey. Younger bosses are likely to consider bonuses this year. Older bosses, on the other hand, are less willing to give workers extra time off than their younger counterparts.
Even more disturbing, baby boomer business owners and manager stand out as miserly. Millenials – those born from 1980 on – have been described as the most self-centred of the four generations now in the workplace. Boomers are shown to be fed up in this survey – they are greying, they are in charge, and this Holiday, they choose to be cheap. I wonder why?
