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Meanwhile, those born after Gen Z are referred to as Generation Alpha or Gen A (anyone born between 2010 and 2025).
The older members of Gen Z are finishing college, entering the job market, and skilling up, while the youngest ones are still in school. That’s a pretty big difference to wrap your head around.
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In the meantime, some members of older generations are so stuck in their ways that they call anyone young ‘millennials,’ no matter when they were actually born.
There are slight overlaps between each generation, and the exact range of years might change depending on who’s doing the research. To paraphrase Captain Barbossa from The Pirates of the Caribbean, generational time frames are more what you’d call ‘guidelines’ than actual rules.
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Different generations being very critical of those that came before and after them is a tale as old as time. It’s easy to think that the social and cultural environment you grew up in is the ‘right’ or ‘only’ way of doing things. After all, it’s likely all you’ve ever known. And so, anybody who has a different perspective on work, family, and leisure is going to raise some eyebrows.
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For example, someone who enforces their personal boundaries more strictly/loosely at work than you is simply doing what they think is in their best interest.
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Generation Alpha, which follows Gen Z, is thought to be the most technologically savvy and will likely be the most environmentally aware. However, it’s also facing some major challenges, such as having a reduced attention span (thanks, screens!) and focusing on remote rather than in-person socializing.
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From u/jarbid16’s perspective, one thing that Gen Z is doing particularly well is drawing their boundaries at work. “This is one of the things that really resonated with a lot of other Reddit users who responded to my post. It’s clear that the landscape of the workforce has changed quite dramatically over the decades and that things that were accepted as the norm back then simply aren’t normal now,” they told Bored Panda.
“One thing that I hear constantly is that ‘younger generations don’t want to work hard.’ I understand the sentiment behind this, but the cost of living has skyrocketed over the years, and oftentimes, hard work isn’t always rewarded with more pay/benefits. People have bills to pay, and life can feel fruitless for many when you have to work so hard to get so little in return,” the OP shared their opinion.
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However, it’s not like the youngest generations are getting everything perfectly right, either. There are some serious issues with communication and a lack of willingness to understand one another. “One thing I think Gen Z and Gen A could do better is communicate in real life. We hear this criticism a lot, but I do think social media has definitely changed the way we communicate with each other, and younger generations have embraced this almost to a fault. People will speak their minds on social media with no filter, but they often get nervous when they have to echo those sentiments with someone face to face,” u/jarbid16 shared their take with Bored Panda.
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Bored Panda was interested in hearing the author’s thoughts as to why different generations tend to be so critical of each other. In their opinion, it comes down to the varying circumstances each one of them had to face.
“We tend to forget how different life was before the Internet. For example, my parents are Middle Eastern immigrants who moved to the U.S. in the ’80s. They came from a country where the cultural and political environments were completely different, where conflict started to weave itself into the fabric of everyday life. My parents were firm believers in the American dream, and while they still largely hold those beliefs, they’ve even recognized that the world is not the same as it was when they first moved to the U.S.,” u/jarbid16 opened up to us.
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The author added that they personally believe there’s a lot of value to be found in perspective. “In this day and age of polarization, I believe there is a lot of wisdom and knowledge to be gained by recognizing the different challenges different generations have faced. The world is in a weird place right now, and I think most people can acknowledge this in one way or another. It’s easy to let the current state of the world bring us down, but I’m still hopeful that the future will be better!”
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We’d love to hear your take on this, so if you have a moment, share yours in the comments!
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There are just as many who blend into the corporate world with no problems and are on their way to a successful life.
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