More news fiction: Millennials ‘Feel Guilty’ About Taking PTO—but Most Boomers Don’t
In contrast, only 40 percent of baby boomers (aged 55 and older) reported feeling any guilt for doing the same.
Do the math and that means “boomers” were born up to 1970. Pew Research Center defined the generation labels and the “Baby Boom” is defined as those born up through 1964. Almost all “boomers” are now retired, due to their advanced age. The bogus survey was done by YouGov PLC.
Newsweek made up a new definition – the generation labels are useless (and Newsweek is useless). Pew itself says it intends to de-emphasize their use going forward: How we plan to report on generations moving forward | Pew Research Center
Trash publications like Newsweek use the bogus generation labels to pit groups against one another, creating emotional click bait fake news stories.
From Grok:
- Estimating full-time work: Since full-time employment is typically a subset of total labor force participation, and considering the Gallup data showing roughly half of employed Boomers aged 68 working full-time, we can ballpark that about 10–15% of Boomers aged 65 and older in 2025 are working full-time. For younger Boomers (aged 61–64), the full-time employment rate is likely higher, possibly around 30–40%, based on the 66% labor force participation rate for those aged 54–64 in 2018, adjusted for the fact that some work part-time.
Rough estimate: Averaging across the entire Baby Boom cohort (ages 61–79), and factoring in the sharp decline in full-time work among older members, approximately 15–20% of Baby Boomers born 1946–1964 are likely working full-time in 2025. This is a rough estimate, as it depends on health, education, financial status, and economic conditions. For a more precise figure, data from 2025 labor force surveys (e.g., Bureau of Labor Statistics) would be needed, but such data isn’t available in the provided references or my current knowledge.
