BABY BOOMERS AND SENIORITY

Gaining the support of gen xer's can be accomplished by designing fair policies.  Boomers this speaks to the belief system you cherished in your younger days...remember wanting to be treated fairly by "the establishment."  It may be a tough pill to swallow, but baby boomers in 2008, you are "the establishment" and a younger generation of workers longs to be treated fairly by you.  Policies that exact a greater toll on "the new kid on the block" are not fair.  Who works the night shift?  Who works weekends?  Who works holidays?  Who is considered for committee membership and decision making?  When I make this comment in workshops, baby boomers usually shout:  "We paid our dues."  And so you did, while complaining dues paying wasn't fair.  Isn't it time we used our wisdom to design policies that work for the greater good of the majority, instead of maintaining outdated systems that are causing us to lose a generation of health care workers we desperately need?