# gen x
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41:00Workplace Surgery — Gen Z text speak vs Gen X bossAl Elliott: Okay, question number 2, Leanne, and I'm going to apologise to everyone. in advance because I'm going to use some Gen Z language here and it's going to be so cringey, we'll have to take it offline. Okay, so tEP 188 · 15 Apr 2025·workplace surgery· 41:00–46:460:02Intro and episode previewAl Elliott: Coming up this week in work. Are Gen-X the biggest losers in today's workplace? New research says they're facing age discrimination, shrinking salaries, and fewer opportunities, even after decades of experienEP 186 · 9 Apr 2025·intro· 0:02–1:142:07Story 1: Is Gen-X the biggest work loser?Leanne Elliott: Has Gen-X become the biggest work loser? Al Elliott: I'm Gen-X and I'm a bit of a loser, so yeah, maybe Leanne Elliott: Well, this is a question that The Independent put on the table this weekEP 186 · 9 Apr 2025·news roundup· 2:07–9:242:45Meet Annabelle (Gen-Z, MAP) and Jeremy (Gen-X, Change Work Life)Leanne Elliott: I'm Annabelle Murphy from MAP. Um, I'm a client accountant. I've been at MAP for almost 3 years in November. Um, I love my job, not in a cliché kind of way, but I love my job. I'm really passionate about EP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 2:45–3:4026:00Mental health, burnout, and the Gen-X experienceAl Elliott: Now, I'm Gen-X, and back when I started work, there was not really any sort of appreciation of mental health, certainly not in the workplaces that I joined. Also, my father, who's a Boomer, didn't really feelEP 141 · 31 Oct 2024·other· 26:00–32:1114:18Workplace Polarization and InclusionAl Elliott: So the lessons here seem to be that in the old days, Gen X, me, would complain about work or our manager or laugh at someone, something stupid someone did at work in the pub at the end of the day or on a FridEP 85 · 28 Mar 2024·interview· 14:18–21:3814:26Gen X Managers Repeating Bad HabitsLeanne Elliott: And as the Gen X take over management positions, Isabel worries there is a risk that they are repeating the bad habits that their boomer mentors might have had ?: It's built into everybody's life that youEP 72 · 4 Jan 2024·interview· 14:26–16:5350:41What Claire's research reveals about Gen-XAl Elliott: I think that you're able to closely connect with people even if they're very far away Leanne Elliott: Absolutely. Claire, coming, coming to you, and I'm intrigued to ask about some of the— you do lots of reseEP 35 · 19 Apr 2023·other· 50:41–53:38
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