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bruh, this is the whole “boomer” management style. constantly implying your staff could do more, while cooly restricting praise and autonomy to just poison your

bruh, this is the whole “boomer” management style. constantly implying your staff could do more, while cooly restricting praise and autonomy to just poison your org. these sort of “leaders” best quality is that their management style dies with their generation, if we try hard as a group to kill it.

fartcannon 5y ago
Boomers? I'm getting tired of reading this. Youre being manipulated by partisan politics.
skinkestek 5y ago
Not a "boomer" myself, but I strongly dislike the hate that gets sent towards them. We should be very thankful for a lot of the stuff they did for us. Also, I'd rather work with the average "boomer" than most people who deride "boomers".
wonderwonder 5y ago
Amazing to me the arbitrary groups people feel they are allowed to discriminate against. Lets just insult a few dozen million people because of when they were born and actively pine for their demise because social media tells me they are what's wrong with everything. Hate is not a good look on you friend.
- tartoran 5y ago
  I agree with the sentiment aimed at boomers in general is not warranted but the op was talking about boomer management style which is just a subset of that and it is what we have in large part now
  - wonderwonder 5y ago
    "boomer management style" is not a thing. Are you saying that all people of a set generation manage in the exact same way. Are you also saying that all people younger than that generation are much better? Trade the word boomer out for Jewish, black, or your group of choice, see if it works.
    - tartoran 5y ago
      Im not saying any of the things you imply and really dislike your not so subtle racism or antisemitism innuendo. All I’m saying is that a certain management style born in a previous era is no longer working. I mentioned that I don’t like the ire at boomers or any particular group except for a subset of it and that is the management style. If the newer generation used the same style it won’t make a difference, what im hoping for is a fresh start. This discussion is regarding mental work related health and this is the frame in which Im making this comment
      - wonderwonder 5y ago
        I am not saying you are racist or antisemitic (apologies if it came off that way), I am saying that casually discriminating against an entire group just for when they were born or holding a group responsible for the actions of a few is how we got racism and antisemitism. Its not ok to label a group of people with a casual slur "Boomer" and then assign responsibility for things we disagree with to that group, when each person in that group is an individual and should be treated as such.
goodpoint 5y ago
> whole “boomer” management style Can we please not point the finger at whole categories of people simply based on their age?
hyperman1 5y ago
The last few months I see a lot of these age base remark. Boomer. Gen Z. Millenial. Each with their own long list of bad qualities, so other age groups have a reason to look down on them. I don't actually believe this is natural anymore. This must be orchestrated. Somewhere, some group is cynically pushing this narrative. Are they luring eyeballs by pushing divisive articles? Are they distracting from bigger problems? I don't know, but this feels fabricated.
- russelldjimmy 5y ago
  Yes, it certainly is orchestrated but not necessarily consciously. Any business looks for results. Media companies will do whatever brings in results. What brings in results? Sowing discord and division because that’s what keeps people coming back. How do we sow division? By making strawmen of anything we don’t understand. When a millennial says “boomer” and when a boomer hears “boomer”, they are talking about completely different things. But the word “boomer” gives us the illusion that we’re all talking about the same thing and that the other person truly is out to “get us”. These are unfortunate tricks of the mind that are being used to serve our short term ego-gratifying needs. If any progress is to be made, we need to rise above these petty squabbles by focusing on what’s important and not what someone else tells us is important.

fartcannon 5y ago

Boomers? I'm getting tired of reading this. Youre being manipulated by partisan politics.

skinkestek 5y ago

Not a "boomer" myself, but I strongly dislike the hate that gets sent towards them. We should be very thankful for a lot of the stuff they did for us. Also, I'd rather work with the average "boomer" than most people who deride "boomers".

wonderwonder 5y ago

Amazing to me the arbitrary groups people feel they are allowed to discriminate against. Lets just insult a few dozen million people because of when they were born and actively pine for their demise because social media tells me they are what's wrong with everything. Hate is not a good look on you friend.

tartoran 5y ago
I agree with the sentiment aimed at boomers in general is not warranted but the op was talking about boomer management style which is just a subset of that and it is what we have in large part now
- wonderwonder 5y ago
  "boomer management style" is not a thing. Are you saying that all people of a set generation manage in the exact same way. Are you also saying that all people younger than that generation are much better? Trade the word boomer out for Jewish, black, or your group of choice, see if it works.
  - tartoran 5y ago
    Im not saying any of the things you imply and really dislike your not so subtle racism or antisemitism innuendo. All I’m saying is that a certain management style born in a previous era is no longer working. I mentioned that I don’t like the ire at boomers or any particular group except for a subset of it and that is the management style. If the newer generation used the same style it won’t make a difference, what im hoping for is a fresh start. This discussion is regarding mental work related health and this is the frame in which Im making this comment
    - wonderwonder 5y ago
      I am not saying you are racist or antisemitic (apologies if it came off that way), I am saying that casually discriminating against an entire group just for when they were born or holding a group responsible for the actions of a few is how we got racism and antisemitism. Its not ok to label a group of people with a casual slur "Boomer" and then assign responsibility for things we disagree with to that group, when each person in that group is an individual and should be treated as such.

goodpoint 5y ago

> whole “boomer” management style Can we please not point the finger at whole categories of people simply based on their age?

hyperman1 5y ago

The last few months I see a lot of these age base remark. Boomer. Gen Z. Millenial. Each with their own long list of bad qualities, so other age groups have a reason to look down on them. I don't actually believe this is natural anymore. This must be orchestrated. Somewhere, some group is cynically pushing this narrative. Are they luring eyeballs by pushing divisive articles? Are they distracting from bigger problems? I don't know, but this feels fabricated.

russelldjimmy 5y ago
Yes, it certainly is orchestrated but not necessarily consciously. Any business looks for results. Media companies will do whatever brings in results. What brings in results? Sowing discord and division because that’s what keeps people coming back. How do we sow division? By making strawmen of anything we don’t understand. When a millennial says “boomer” and when a boomer hears “boomer”, they are talking about completely different things. But the word “boomer” gives us the illusion that we’re all talking about the same thing and that the other person truly is out to “get us”. These are unfortunate tricks of the mind that are being used to serve our short term ego-gratifying needs. If any progress is to be made, we need to rise above these petty squabbles by focusing on what’s important and not what someone else tells us is important.