She never comes in. Thinks things take about 10X as long as they do--in other words, she sucks pretty bad. (She's actually quite bright just a very strange work ethic).
It works for me though. I can operate on one cylinder and look like a rock star.
As a 65yo who reports to younger people in all the places I work, it is a bit like being the CPO reporting to the ensign; a smart ensign knows to make use of the experience, a non-smart ensign is just another Son of Brazil to learn how to work around.
I don’t care how old my supervisor is as long as they are competent.
I have plenty of 28 to 35 year olds in my workplace. 30 most definitely is NOT the new 50 in terms of workplace power and authority. At least in my industry. There are some 50 year olds who are duds and aren't going anywhere. But none of the 30 year olds have the skill and knowledge to be in charge. Many are smart and driven, but they just aren't there yet. Maybe this is a tech industry thing.
Somebody had to do the work for them and make them look good.
They pop out of college thinking they can run your company at 23.
They actually acquire that power at 30.
At which time they are still emotionally arrested at age 13.
This can’t end well.
I retired with 33 years in at 58.
No problems so far.
I’ve had a few younger supervisors. I’m fortunate that all have valued my experience, they usually take a hands off approach and let me run with my own ideas. I make them look good.
The greatest untapped talent in the US is senior technicals of all stripes. Those tech companies wont even look at you, nor will most other companies of merit. They are screamimg for talent, but if the position requires 2-4 years, forget it if you have 20. As a technical, if you become unemployed at 50, there is about a 70% chance your career is over. It is often much younger for programmers.
Way to show your ability to generalize. My 24-year old son with the AA employs older people in his rapidly growing dessert business and everyone, young and old, loves the place.
The younger employer is realizing there are some new tricks they can learn from us old dogs! My son will always run his ideas by me.
I am three years retired from the workforce but I more often than not enjoyed working for a younger boss. The energy and fresh thinking of youth did energize and keep our hospital finance department from becoming moribund. That and a younger boss on occasion created job security for us desktop jockeys as steady hands were sometimes needed to undo the youngster’s mistakes.
Yes, it is terrible. These youngsters have no tact or diplomacy, they do not understand just how they alienate older people who have returned to the work force to lower level jobs, sometimes much lower than the jobs they held when they worked full time. I took a low level job to avoid the stress and responsibility that I had when I was working; willing to accept a pay cut because I am retired and just wanted a little extra spending money. After being chewed out by a kid who was enough to be my grandson for being a few minutes late because all the handicapped parking spots had been taken and I had to slowly limp in from the back of the large parking lot, I decided it was not worth it and resigned. Interestingly, I had a doctor appt the day after I left, and she told me that quite a few of her older patients had told her that they had left an after-retirement job for the same reason. Perhaps these tech companies would do well to hold some management workshops for their young employees going into management.
“We’re living longer and working longer–either by choice or necessity (it’s hard to finance a 30-year retirement with a 40-year career)”
If you find mathematics challenging maybe. A 40 year career could easily fund a retirement that could last for a 200 year lifespan...and on into perpetuity.
Only a dumbass eats their seed corn.