[quote=skerzz]I know several very “successful” women in my profession (high ranking partners at large international accounting firms) that have had successful careers while also having had multiple children that are very close in age. These women are not part of the older boomer generation, so maybe your misconceived perception is due to the fact that not many boomer women did (or could do) this under the old school “face time”/”seniority” above-all-else work mentality of the good ‘ol days. My wife and I are millennials and had children very close in age; believe it or not, my wife has been successful in her career. Employers seem to be flexible (flex schedules, maternity leave, etc.) with high performing employees/professionals as they recognize the “bottom line” value of top performers and that they need to offer employee flexibility to be competitive by attracting and retaining top talent. Perhaps this is due to the fact that younger are will to change jobs to get what they want/need (“if employer X doesn’t offer needed flexibility, that’s fine, I’ll go work for employer Y that does”). Time to leave the good ‘ol days and expand your narrow view on the way the world works : )[/quote]Yes, you are correct. The “technology” did not exist at that time for us to work remotely. In addition, nearly every employee (except a handful of unclassified heads of departments, etc) were “represented” and thus we were “hourly” not salaried. Up until about 1990, we actually punched a time clock (yes, even the “professionals”).
skerzz, I have been aware that millenials will “vote with their feet” if they can’t have the type of schedule they want from their employer. But what I have had a hard time understanding is why there has been so much age discrimination in hiring in the past ten years plus when boomers typically come in on time and leave on time, know how to dress and groom themselves for business, express themselves in a businesslike fashion on paper, in person and on the phone and don’t sit around texting all day. It’s mind boggling to me that employers would prefer the “prima-donna problem children” with black sparkle nail polish (who may be slightly pregnant but not telling anyone about it) and have an iphone for an appendage when they could have a very hardworking boomer with 30-40 years of experience and ready to work from day one with no training :=0
