tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488879425900650696.post8689961370273579371..comments2023-08-09T04:33:01.170-05:00Comments on The Hourglass Blog: When Gen X Runs The ShowEric Lankehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02955772930132857028noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488879425900650696.post-69178961277782807362009-05-20T21:05:28.569-05:002009-05-20T21:05:28.569-05:00Jamie, you beat me to this one. When I read this p...Jamie, you beat me to this one. When I read this piece in Time I was actually livid.<br /><br />By my count, this 648-word article titled "When Gen X Runs the Show" has exactly 47 words in it about Generation X. That's 7%. They do come right at the beginning, though, so if the reader isn't paying attention they may not realize that the rest of the article is really about...you guessed it--Millenials and Boomers.<br /><br />I've addressed this in one of my first posts on this blog (http://thehourglassblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-we-chose-hourglass.html). It's, in fact, one of the reasons we started this blog. It already seems like the only stories written about generational change in the workplace are attempts to answer only one of two questions: (1) Are those passionate Baby Boomers ever going to retire? or (2) How the heck are we going to manage those crazy Millenials? So I'm used to Gen X being the forgotten generation, but in an article titled "When Gen X Runs the Show"? Give me a break.<br /><br />And what about that picture? If you're Gen X and you manage people, go look at the picture Time chose to accompany their article "about" Gen X being in charge. The person behind the desk is usually perceived as the boss, so are we supposed to think that the kid in Converse All-Stars and playing with the paddle game is the Gen X supervisor "running the show"? In 2019? When Gen X (according to their dates) will be between 41 and 54 years old? I don't know whether I should laugh or cry.Eric Lankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449320263122144776noreply@blogger.com