Tag: generation y

Generation Y: Assertive with High Standards in the Workplace

Gen Y in the workplace

While some have dubbed Generation Y as being lazy with a sense of self-entitlement, these are just misunderstandings and baseless generalizations made by older generations.  From the Millennials point of view, the world is held to a high set of standards which is inherited perspective passed down from the parents and reinforced by society’s culture. …

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Date/Age Range of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y

Generation Timeline

Here is the date range comparison between these 3 generations.  Note that the start and end date are debatable.  As I said in a previous post, generations don’t end with black and white borders.  They fade into one another, so you will see an overlap of age.  Without further adieu, here are the ranges: Baby …

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Are You an Echo Boomer?

Generation Y

Generational gaps do not have black and white borders but a shaded gray area.  The baby boomers, for example, started sometime between the time frame of 1946 and 1953 and ending sometime around 1964.  Being the children and grandchildren of the baby boomer generation, the echo boomers, started sometime around 1977-1982 and lasting until 1995-2000 …

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