Lindsay addressed Kelly’s “Ok, Boomer” talk…

Below is a fictional scenario.

Kelly, a manager at ACME for the last 10 years, has been growing frustrated with virtually every employee.

One person is always late. One person never knows how to update their laptop software. One person doesn’t “give it their all every day.”

Articles in the media highlighting stereotypes between Gen-Z, Millennials, Gen-X, and Baby Boomers are constantly entering Kelly’s social media feeds.

“See!” Kelly tells themselves in between dozens of scrolls. “It’s not just me. Boomers are angry, can’t update their software. Millennials are entitled! Gen-Z doesn’t care about work. SEE!”

The following day, Kelly was on an all-staff call when a 30-year veteran of ACME was having problems with their webcam.

“Ok, Boomer,” Kelly joked to their colleague Lindsay on a private Teams chat.

Lindsay, who gets along with Kelly most of the time, has become annoyed over the last few weeks after multiple complaints from Kelly about employees and their respective generations.

After the meeting had wrapped up, Lindsay called Kelly.

“Kelly, I need to talk to you about your comment. I am trying hard not to label people by their generation and want to share that with you. Did you know Jamie, our new employee straight from college who joined us three months ago, is the first one in the office and the last one out every night?”

“I didn’t know that,” Kelly said.

“Did you know Alex, who is retiring soon, helped lead a group of interns at ACME on social media best practices?”

“I didn’t know that.”

“Kelly, let’s set up some time to chat about this. You’re not the only one I’ve heard talk about this ACME. Let’s discuss some solutions to look past these generalizations.”

And now for your MollyMoh update! Molly (and all of us) are excited for springtime so we can run around in the park mud-free!