"At his press conference, he said, "You are seeing some effects from AI, but it is not the main thing driving it." Despite a recent Stanford analysis that finds since late 2022, early-career workers have seen a 16% relative decline in employment, a quieter force may be even more damaging. Youngism, the set of stereotypes and practices that discount younger workers as unreliable, lazy and disloyal, has outpaced any other type of ageism - and the economic impacts are startling."
"Early-career workers have lost ground relative to older cohorts since 2022 and roughly half of employers tell researchers that young applicants are "not job-ready." In one report, 93% of young people said they have faced negative age-based treatment at work, and more than one in four say it made them question working at all. In the United States, federal age-bias protections under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act begin at 40, which leaves Gen Z in a legal blind spot."
Early-career workers have experienced a roughly 16% relative decline in employment since late 2022. Many employers report young applicants are "not job-ready," and surveys find most young people face negative age-based treatment, with over one in four reconsidering work. U.S. federal age-discrimination protections begin at 40, leaving Gen Z with limited legal recourse. Employers are raising experience requirements and thinning entry roles, shrinking traditional on-the-job training rungs. The narrowing pipeline risks higher future hiring costs, longer time-to-fill, and larger premium pay to attract and retain talent.
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