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Is That Conflict with Your Colleague Really About Age Difference?
by Amy Gallo
You’ve noticed a frustrating pattern. During meetings with an older colleague, they seem to tune out any time you offer an idea. You suspect they’re checking email when you’re speaking, and they rarely, if ever, acknowledge your suggestions. Given dismissive comments they’ve made about other employees around your age, you assume they’re not taking you seriously because you’re younger than they are.
Or perhaps the situation is reversed: You’ve caught a younger colleague rolling their eyes on group Zoom calls—seemingly whenever you’re sharing experience with the topic at hand. The gesture could be aimed at someone else, but you can’t help feeling that the colleague ...
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