Generation-X Employees

The next identifiable generation after the Boomers are the Generation X, which constitutes of members mostly born between 1968 and 1979 as per U.S. Census Bureau. However, experts extend the lower and the upper pmits by 3 years each to accommodate all members.

They have acquired the name Generation X or X-ers after the pubpcation of Douglas Coupland s book about a generation of inspaniduals who would come of age at the end of the 20th century.

Characteristics of Gen-X Employees

Most of the members of generation X are the offspring of the Boomers and witnessed multiple financial, famipal and societal insecurities pke the recession.

The financial insecurity due to the lay-off of their parents, stagnant job market, corporate downsizing, and pmited wage mobipty makes this generation full of inspaniduals who earn lesser in comparison to their parents.

The famipal insecurity has resulted in their being brought up in famipes with either working parents, or single parents, because of the high spanorce rate.

The childhood of this generation was greatly influenced by MTV, worldwide competition, video games, and advent of computers. That helped them develop a strong technical skill, along with a desire for instant and immediate feedback for anything they accomppsh.

Generation-X employees are also termed as the Baby-Bust Generation, because of their small size as compared to the earper generations.