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I'm Gen X, but sometimes I wish I wasn't. I admire Gen Z for speaking up in the workplace.

Sun, 03/24/2024 - 07:13

Hady Mendez — Courtesy of Hady Mendez; BI

Careers, DEI, gen-x, gen-z, Millennails, workplace-culture, contributor-2024

A Gen Xer who made over $300,000 secretly working 3 jobs at the same time says overemployment allowed his partner to stop working and paid for a $20,000 cruise

Sat, 03/02/2024 - 06:28

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

remote worker — A Florida Gen Xer secretly worked three remote jobs to boost his income and job security. Worker in the story not pictured.
ZenShui/Sigrid Olsson, via Getty Images

economy, Careers, economy, Careers, Overemployed, remote-work, Tech

Is your mom a 'Temu victim?'

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 16:12

A woman dressed in orange in an ad for Temu — Temu's ad during the Super Bowl. The online shopping app's most loyal customers aren't the young people in this ad: They're older.
Temu

Retail, Tech, culture, Temu, gen-x, Boomers, super-bowl

For Gen Z, a job is just a job: 'I've come to terms with what adulthood is actually like'

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 05:36

Tech Insider : Economy

Gen Z just wants a raise and a promotion. — Gen Z workers just want two things out of a job: a good salary and a quick promotion.
Abanti Chowdhury/ BI

economy, Careers, Discourse, gen-z, Salary, Promotions, Raise

What I got wrong about loyalty at work

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 05:27

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Illustration of employees frustrated. — Kiersten Essenpreis for BI

economy, Discourse, Careers, Strategy, Discourse, economy, Careers

Gen X and boomers love Temu. I asked them why.

Sun, 02/04/2024 - 07:19

miniature pots and pans from Temu — Tiny pots and pans from Temu, all around $1-2 each
Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider

Tech, Temu, eCommerce, baby-boomers, gen-x, Shopping, discount-shopping

Why do boomers and Gen Xers love Temu so much? I truly want to know.

Tue, 01/23/2024 - 16:18

Temu shopping bag — Temu is an e-commerce site with cheap delights loved by older people.
NurPhoto

Retail, Temu, eCommerce, Shopping, Boomers, gen-x

Empty-nest baby boomers won't give up their large homes — and it's hurting millennials with kids

Tue, 01/23/2024 - 06:05

Tech Insider : Economy

Development of single-family homes in Burke, Virginia. — Development of single-family homes in Burke, Virginia.
Robert Knopes/Getty Images

economy, Real Estate, Housing, baby-boomers, Millennials, Families, Homes

24-year-olds are more likely to own homes than millennials and Gen X when they were that age

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:12

A family shopping for a home with a Realtor. — They might not care as much about the milestone, but most adult Gen Zers are out-pacing older generations in homeownership, according to Redfin.
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images

Real Estate, Homeownership, Homeowner, home, real-estate, gen-z, Millennials

Gen Xers should be thriving. Instead, they're drowning in debt.

Mon, 12/25/2023 - 06:08

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

two gen x men talking — Tim Robberts/Getty Images

economy, economy, gen-x, gen-z, Millennials, gen-x-finances, pandemic-economy

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