I'm a millennial who manages Gen Z workers. The hardest thing about it is dealing with all their 'feelings about work.'

• Gen Z, made up of those born from about 1996 to 2012, is hitting the workplace.
• Some millennial bosses find Gen Zers mystifying — but they're learning from them, too.
• One of them shared her experience with and observations of Gen Zers with Insider's Rebecca Knight.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a millennial manager who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her career. Insider has verified her identity and employment.

Looking back, I realize there were a lot of things about the workplace that I learned just by mirroring other people around me.

No one had to tell me what to wear to see a client (not jeans) or how to act in a meeting (look interested and take notes). I followed my boss's lead.