Gen Z reveals what it's really like working with Boomers, Gen X and Millennials

Gen Z is one of the youngest generations to be entering the work force. As they join the ranks with their elders, the workplace is becoming a mish-mash of different attitudes, ideas and ages. To find out how Gen Z gets along with their coworkers from different generations, Reddit user Expert_Driver_3616 asked r/GenZ: "As a genz, do you get along well with millennials or with boomers at work?" And the replies spilled the truth about the good, bad and ugly of office culture.

Besides just Boomers and Millennials, Gen Z also chimed in on their Gen X coworkers. And while individual experience varied, there were some common themes and opinions expressed by many.

These are 18 of the most interesting responses to the question: "As a genz, do you get along well with millennials or with boomers at work?"

1. "Professionally I get along extremely well with boomers at work. But sort of find it very hard to work along with millennials. In my experience, majority of millennials are extremely insecure and also hates genz most of the time. I have had multiple instances now where a millennial has tried to put me down. But never experienced this behavior from boomers." – Expert_Driver_3616

2. "I get along super well with the Gen Xers I work with. The millennials I work with are absolute assholes and endlessly try to treat me like I’m a dumb kid they need to reform. I don’t have any boomers at my job." – Chiquitarita298

3. "Gen xers are the most fun to work with because they’re the same age as my parents lol. I can get along with Millennial men 😀 not that I want to get along with them… I don't work with boomers but my small college has a lot of old people and as long as I‘m nice to them they seem to like me." – Beneficial-Lake2756

4. "Boomers, not so much. Millennials are my fam." – Veganchickennugget

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5. "Never really worked with boomers before, but the Millennials I've worked with have been really nice to me." – RoyalWabwy0430

6. "Get along great with the older guys. Millennials are top busy trying to 'get ahead' to be real." – Delli-paper

7. "There's two options, either they abuse you and make you do all the work and blame things on you if they do something wrong. OR. They will be your best friends. This heavily depends on where you work I've noticed. When I worked for bigger corporate groups, I was always treated like shit by all the older coworkers. The viewed all the students as lazy good for nothings. Now I work for 2 small businesses, that are independent from corporate. And everything is amazing, my 50 year old boss is such a joy to be around and has turned into my genuine best friend almost. And same goes for all the millennial coworkers, though in general, I would say that boomers are much kinder." – Chernio_

8. "Gen X is the dopest generation prior to us. Millennials are cool. Same with boomers if you find a common interest." – Emotional-Golf-6226

9. "I’d say I get along better with Boomers. The Millennials at my job constantly complain about their life and work. Like I get that life is hard, but I don’t wanna hear about it every waking hour." – GolfPuzzleheaded7220

10. "It’s hard to put people in boxes just because they are from the same generation. I’ve worked with great, mediocre, and awful people from all age groups." – ResurrectedBrain

11. "I get along with both. What about them apples?" – imthewronggeneration

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12. "For me I get along with all gens. But I will say the worst I’ve dealt with is GenX. Gen X have shit personalities and pretend to be some all knowing god." – cynicalrage69

13. "I don’t work with many boomers. My coworkers are mostly millennials and Gen X. I get along with both but more specifically the younger end of the generations. There’s a divide somewhere in the middle of those generations." – BrooklynNotNY

14. "I've worked with many people from Gen Z all the way up to Silent Gen, and the only people I've really sensed generational hostility from have been Boomers (and even then, it's definitely been an outspoken minority of the Boomers I've worked with). For the most part, nobody really cares how old you are in real life." – Marmatus

15. "I worked with all Generation X and 1 boomer and I’m the only gen z -they think my generation is 'snappy' and do things how we want only. It makes it hard to work either way them but I get the job done. I feel like generational wise our core values are different which can lead to differences in perception within the workplace." – Creepy_Affect9694

16. "Idk how yall have had consistently bad experiences with people exclusive to a 15 year age group. It gets to a point where the common denominator is you. No generation stands out to me." – Intrepid_Passage_692

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17. "As long as we stay away from talking about politics, labor, generational differences or social topics, yes. Millennials are just wrong about everything and boomers/many older gen X are a dangerous mix of ignorant and Machiavellian. It's downright terrifying." – i_h8_yellow_mustard

18. "It's millennials and Gen Z at my office, mostly get along fine however I am the one of two guys in the group and not on social media like the rest of the office is so I miss a bit." – ninjasowner14