“Generation X never expected any security,” he says, adding that the mentality of the company man or woman was dead by the time these individuals entered the workforce.
They are also a resilient lot, he adds. “From the time they were kids they were taught to raise themselves. They were the latchkey kids with the new realism of Judy Blume,” he said, referring to the author of children’s books that tackled issues such as divorce and teen sexuality.
In contrast to the younger Generation Y group with their overprotective parents and baby boomers still pining the loss of the gold watch days, Gen Xers never “trusted that the world or anyone was going to take care of them,” he says.
:: Gen Xers get hit with a double whammy, MSNBC ::
Interesting…
I’m not sure where I fall here. 1980 seems to be one of those transitional years where it never fails that they are put in multiple categories.
Then again, most can’t even agree on a name for some of these later generations nonetheless a coherent range of dates to go with those names.
maybe we should stop trying to categorize everyone.
