At Nirvana Corp., the Gen Y employees weren't sharing their ideas with the employees belonging to the veteran and boomer generations because they thought the older employees had outdated thought processes, were intractable, and were too old to change. What were the Gen Y employees doing wrong?
A)They were stereotyping the older generation employees.
B)They were not improving the accountability of the older generation employees.
C)They were phasing out the older employees from key decisions by using tech talk.
D)They were not interacting with the older employees in a formal manner.

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The Gen Y employees were making assumptions about the older employees based on their age group, which is a classic example of stereotyping. They assumed that the older employees had outdated thought processes and were too old to change without considering individual differences or capabilities.