The Winter Park Chamber of Commerce has released the first episode of Generations in the Workplace, a docuseries produced with Big Boy Media Group that aims to close the generational gap in the modern workforce by sharing lived perspectives rather than stereotypes. This episode features four Baby Boomers: Alice Christner, Anthony Diaz, Landra Wormack and Mercedes McCall. The Chamber, which represents more than 800 member businesses, says the challenges of a multigenerational workforce come up constantly in conversations with members. The first four episodes each focus on a single generation, and the fifth and final episode brings all four generations together.
The four describe work as a family value that was expected of everyone. McCall was the only child of an older couple in a small town outside Havana, Cuba, and grew up in a family that ran a restaurant. Christner's parents, a school teacher and principal and a salesman, both worked, expected chores around the house and had lawns mowed for money. Wormack's family tied work to something bigger than a paycheck. Their first jobs ranged from chores at home and restaurant work to going to work with a father five days a week starting in sixth grade, and inserting Sunday papers at a candy store.
On loyalty, the group is not uncritical of the past. McCall described it as part of the DNA of the company, something a person has to feel passionate about. Diaz said choice has changed loyalty entirely, describing how brand loyalty has given way to personal preference. Christner framed loyalty as a level of commitment rather than a length of time, whether it lasts three years or 30. They also recalled cultural moments including the assassination of Robert Kennedy watched on television at nine years old, the Nixon era and a sugar boycott, a family restaurant taken over in Cuba, and the Vietnam draft. Wormack advised younger workers to keep thinking outside the box while not writing off those who came before them.
Press release issued by Winter Park Chamber of Commerce:
https://www.winterpark.org/2026/08/14/baby-boomers-in-the-workplace/
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