July 27, 2010 – Sonja Koremans – The Australian – Sydney, Australia
SO you’ve got a new boss. It sounds exciting; the potential to gain a new mentor, someone fresh to learn from, someone to impress.
But then you find out they’re just “a kid”. How can you possibly answer to a manager the same age as your son or daughter? It just doesn’t feel right.
Well you’d better get used to it.
Generation X now makes up 34 per cent – and Gen Y 26 per cent – of Australia’s working population, threatening the demographic hold of the previously dominant Baby Boomers.
Business coaches say older employees often feel ashamed to work for a younger boss, thinking it a reversal of the natural order and reflecting poorly on their achievements.
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