Is Gen X Forgotten, Or Just Disregarded?

I’ll be honest, I’m coming at this topic today because I saw yet another article that showed how much Gen X is skipped over.

When in fact, we’re not going anywhere (we can’t afford to), and even if we could, we still have a hell of a lot to offer.

Now, it may just be my skewed perception that social media is full of tips and advice for Boomers and Millennials.

And sure, any group deserves tips and advice, and it doesn’t mean that there isn’t any left over for any other demographic.

Nor does it mean that any other generation hasn’t felt exactly what I am.

It just seems that down to our very name, X, we’ve been given up on before we even really got started.

I know, failure is supposed to be a good thing. Eventually.

Viability should come down to whether the person in the cube, office, open-plan desk, or IM window next to you is actually doing something, not what their age is while they’re doing it.

And you know what that means: Multi-generational companies.

Where you realize that people’s needs aren’t that different no matter if they were born on this side of 1967 or 1987.

That it isn’t a whole generation that isn’t adaptable, it’s individual people in it.

That it isn’t just the latest generation that has something to offer, but that other perspectives are still important even if they come with character lines (or not!).