Over the past week, there's been a flurry of articles and social media posts on "geriatric millennials".
This term refers to the oldest millennials, those born between 1980 and 1985.
One of the more popular articles is Today's Are you a 'geriatric millennial'? The new term defining a micro-generation. Key quote:
It's always been a bit confusing to figure out when Generation X ends and the millennial generation begins — and now a new cohort has emerged between the two groups that has folks in their mid-to-late 30s feeling, well, old.
If you were born in the early 1980s, congratulations! You are now considered a geriatric millennial.
Our favorite article on this topic is Level's satirical 7 Most Telltale Signs That You Are a ‘Geriatric Millennial,’ Ranked. The picture below is from the article.
Over the past 3-4 years we've found that older millennials are increasingly responding to survey and interview questions in similar ways as their Gen X brothers and sisters.
Life stage matters and the oldest millennials are now well into middle age. Because of this, many of their views are evolving.