[quote=FormerSanDiegan]BG – “These workers really have no idea what most boomers did all day to earn their pay. Not a clue.”
You really have no clue what people do today to earn their pay.
Today’s worker does not have the luxury of leaving at 5:00 without being electronically tethered to Email/work 24/7; customers/bosses/co-workers expecting immediate responses at 11 pm. Keeping up with the latest technologies and evolving our skills at a much faster rate than 20 years ago.
It’s a different world today. The challenges are different. Sure, we have Starbucks now. SO what ?
BTW, I am on the boundary between Gen-X/boomer and work in technology and I I don’t think your arrogant point of view is shared by those Boomer colleagues of mine who still happen to be in the workforce at 60+.[/quote]
Well, actually I DO have a clue what people do today to earn their pay as I am in/out of professional offices frequently. And at times I have stayed there to perform services I wasn’t able to perform at home.
An “hourly worker” isn’t tethered to their employer after their shift is up. That is against the law (in the absence of an employer paid standby or “on-call” allowance as well as a cell phone subsidy). I think you are confusing my position with a salaried worker. I was actually hourly, as were the vast majority of positions in my organization.
FormerSanDiegan, do you and your “Boomer colleagues” have pensions? If so, are they “defined benefit” pensions or does your employer match the funds you save in them?
