Bidding Farewell to the Baby Boomers

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  msm101607/13/07 Report as spam
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  A different approach

  I certainly respect Mr. Byham's opinion however, I'm not sure why we would want to continue to work into our 70s. Being a younger Boomer my goal is to retire early enough to have the time to do things the long hours at the office wouldn't allow me to do. Instead of trying to convince people to stay so that we don't lose the tacit knowledge, why not put systems in place to capture the knowledge while they are here. There are a meriad of Knowledge Management Systems in place for that very reason. I think it is a matter of organizations becoming more adept at gathering, storing, and managing information so that critical systems and processes aren't compromised when people leave.

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  seattlehipster07/14/07 Report as spam
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  Bye Bye Boomers

  As a Gen Xer, I'm glad to see them go. They complicate way too many things and like the Gen Yers coming up, they only think of themselves and what they can drain out of every resource without lifting a finger.....an entitlement attitude. If Boomers are so great and wealthy, let's do away with expensive gimmes like Medicare, Rx drugs (they can use their precious recreational drugs instead), and Social Security. None of this will be around for us Xers anyway, so why should I pay to float them and clean up their messes? Let them use their own capital to fund themselves and let those fat old management layers go.

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  kemrt2307/25/07 Report as spam
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  GenXer...in this case GeneralizeXer

  Wow..a few points..I am a boomer.. I have spent most of my life working to ensure the livlihood of my dependents so, although many Boomers may be on the fairways, I will not. What is "left" after this effort is a reliance, perhaps small but there nonethelss, on the very offerings you cite to dispose of (Social Security, Medicare etc). One thing I learned in business,was not to generalize as the summary will likely reflect more on the one generalizing than the point of the generalization. It expresses one's inability to assess details and respond to them accordingly. This is a key skill to ensure success in business so, with due respect to this X'er, a career in buisiness may indeed not be a wise pursuit. Another business lesson was to have a solution prior to a criticism. If your solution to your future is an elimination of all existing options to assist in enabling it, at best all I can do is wish you well. Perhaps these two lessons may serve some (not all as many do have vision) X'ers well.