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Monday, November 20, 2023

The number of full-time Gen Z workers in the U.S. is set to surpass baby boomers in the first few months of 2024, according to a new report from Glassdoor Economic Research.

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... he report, released Wednesday, examined U.S. Census Bureau data, and found that the number of full-time Gen Z and boomer workers in the American workforce is currently about even.

As older workers continue retiring en masse and more young Americans reach working age, Gen Z is set to rapidly overtake the boomer generation, which made up the largest share of the U.S. workforce from the late 1970s until around 2011, according to the report.

Baby boomers are considered to be those born between 1946 and 1964, while Gen Zers are those born from the late 1990s until around 2012.

Gen Xers, born between 1965 and 1980, took over as the dominant working generation in the U.S. in 2012 before they were overtaken by millennials, born between Gen X and Gen Z, in 2018.

Millennials have since remained the dominant working generation, and won't be overtaken by Gen Z until the early 2040s, the report estimates.

"The coming year will still represent a pivotal moment of cultural change that U.S. companies cannot ignore as Gen Z workers " who care deeply about community connections, about having their voices heard in the workplace, about transparent and responsive leadership, and about diversity and inclusion " make up a rapidly growing share of the workforce," the report said. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-11-20 06:30 PM | Reply

Great. Something else for them to moan about!

#2 | Posted by ChiefTutMoses at 2023-11-20 09:34 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Great. Something else for them to moan about! ...

Hey, I resemble that comment.

:)

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-11-20 09:37 PM | Reply

#3

From your posts you sure don't seem like you're 24. No offense intended.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2023-11-20 09:59 PM | Reply

@#3 ... From your posts you sure don't seem like you're 24. No offense intended. ...

None taken.

I'm a boomer. Well over 65 years of age.


That aside, what prompted your comment?

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-11-20 10:18 PM | Reply

Oh good. More HR politically correct crap incoming.

#6 | Posted by censored at 2023-11-21 12:27 AM | Reply

Good. Pass the torch on to younger Gens.
I, for one (old Gen Xer), cannot wait to retire...

#7 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-11-21 06:33 AM | Reply

'Overtake Boomers in the workplace'?!? How will anyone be able to tell, with these youngsters all working from home, or hanging out at some over-priced coffee shop?

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2023-11-21 09:07 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

Our social security has been rescued! Oh wait, MJ is going to do away with it and hand the funds over to the RNC.

#9 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2023-11-21 09:18 AM | Reply

Boomers didn't fund their Social Security and Medicare.

Someone has to pay for it.

#10 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-11-21 10:21 AM | Reply

#10 | Posted by Sycophant

Sure they did. The government just frittered it away by putting it in the general fund.

#11 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2023-11-21 10:26 AM | Reply

I am actually shocked this hasn't happened yet. Probably because I see so many 70+ year olds still working... I know most employers love having them because - shocker coming - they work!

#12 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2023-11-21 10:31 AM | Reply

I thought this happened years ago.

Good riddance.

............omg don't leave me alone with these fools!

#13 | Posted by Tor at 2023-11-21 10:58 AM | Reply

#10 | Posted by Sycophant
Sure they did. The government just frittered it away by putting it in the general fund.

#11 | POSTED BY GALAXIEPETE

No. Even the IOUs aren't enough to cover it.

#14 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-11-21 01:14 PM | Reply

"Gen Z to Overtake Boomers in U.S. Workforce by Early 2024"...

...assuming they will actually be working.

#15 | Posted by e1g1 at 2023-11-21 06:29 PM | Reply

Boomers are all retiring, only 20 to 25% of boomers that are still working somehow equal the entire Gen z work force?

#16 | Posted by THEBULL at 2023-11-21 08:55 PM | Reply

Won't be taking my job, and as a freelancer I'm not keeping one from them. My retirement plan is to keep working. No one promised me a stage of my life that would be almost complete leisure, (except for those few years in college). And I enjoy what I do.

So I'll keep contributing to their Medicare and SS. And continuing to pay my own 15.3 percent of that Medicare.

Signed,
One of those hardworking baby-boomer libs who enjoys work and pays his taxes, unlike what the righties think here exists.

#17 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2023-11-21 09:29 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#2 ... Great. Something else for them to moan about! ...
Hey, I resemble that comment.

:)
#3 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Sorry. I left some comments earlier today that didn't take. Bad weather coming through, maybe intermittent outages.

I was just playing with you. But one could read the comment as the you resembling that comment of what they were going to be moaning about.

#18 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2023-11-21 09:36 PM | Reply

I'm retiring next September; anyone can have my job. But no one wants it. And now my employer wants me to stay to 70. Nope, nah, no way will I stay one day beyond what I have to. Any generation behind me can have my job. But none of them want it. It's not an easy job; in fact it's the hardest job I've ever done. I don't like being responsible for a multi-million dollar budget for my department. But I still do it. For another 10 months.

#19 | Posted by keystone at 2023-11-22 01:17 AM | Reply

"Gen Z to Overtake Boomers in U.S. Workforce by Early 2024"...
...assuming they will actually be working.

#15 | POSTED BY E1G1

Boss: "I paid your father $12 an hour 25 years ago. Why isn't that good enough for you?"
Gen Z: ...
Boss: "Why does no one want to work?"

I literally just saw an ad today with a company desperate for workers offering $10-$12 an hour. I had to laugh. Kiss that business goodbye.

#20 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-11-22 02:43 AM | Reply

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