Gen X here. I am, indeed, irreplaceable. I have multiple conversations in a week about contract to hire, or other nonsense, in a week. I know what I’m about, I know what I can do, and I will not stand for this kind of stupidity in hiring.

I am more effective working at home. I have been doing it for 10 years now.

You do not want me in your office. My jibes are too much for the boomers.

To wit, leave me alone, I just want to quietly do my job, and I don’t need you blathering about it in my ear.

GenX here. I’m getting my ducks in a row to early retire if I want. I’m not ultra wealthy by any means. Just saved and invested back when that was easier for worker bees to do. I’ll work another year or two, but it’s nice knowing I can walk.

I’m also hard to replace. I feel sorry for the poor person who gets stuck with my job.

I like my younger coworkers. They are funny and smart. The boomer bosses, not so much. The boomers ask us for shit, we make it happen, and then they take all the credit for it. Anything that goes wrong they blame it on us, of course.

Is there anything that’s more obviously a “divide and conquer” tactic than all this unhinged generational bullshit? I’m gen x, and I’ve got more in common with my poor millennial and gen z neighbors than I do with some rich fuck my own age.

And the “ultra wealthy” reference in this article is laughable. The ultra wealthy have always done whatever tf they want while the rest of us suffer.

This article is just “young people don’t want to work anymore” in a fake nose and glasses.

I’m a xenial with a tech job and have reached irreplaceable status. I’m very fortunate to have been able to give the RTW ultimatum. I can assure you that I am anything but wealthy, let alone ultra wealthy.

I simply have a job that allows me to work from home, and I have a unique skill set. For which I am extremely grateful.