Remote Work, Not AI, Has Sidelined Recent College Graduates, Research Finds (npr.org)
(Monday June 01, 2026 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the behind-the-scenes dept.)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/06/01/2151248/remote-work-not-ai-has-sidelined-recent-college-graduates-research-finds
- Source link: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843076/remote-work-college-graduates-unemployment-ai
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR:
> The buzz on college campuses is that AI is [1]disrupting the job market for young college graduates. But [2]new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that the culprit may be something else: remote work. An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech company, reveals that companies are [3]less likely to hire recent college grads into occupations that can be done remotely .
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> Researchers speculate that employers are reluctant to put such workers in a setting where it's harder to absorb lessons from coworkers. The researchers found the unemployment rate among younger college grads -- those under the age of 29 -- rose 20% after the pandemic, while unemployment among older college grads fell slightly. The study compares unemployment rates pre-pandemic, from 2017 to 2019, with unemployment rates after the pandemic, from 2022 to 2024. Unemployment rose as remote work grew fourfold, the researchers write. "Our analysis suggests that these trends are related, with remote work making it more difficult for managers to train and mentor new employees."
Regardless of the cause, the New York Fed report warns that a high unemployment rate among young college grads is concerning.
"Early-career experiences can have lasting consequences," the researchers write. "Research finds that individuals who began looking for jobs in slacker labor markets tend to have lower earnings and slower career progression relative to comparable peers who began their job search in better market conditions."
Further reading: [4]Why Is the US Job Market So Tough, Especially for Recent College Grads?
[1] https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/25/0042201/will-big-tech-layoffs-bring-a-culture-shift-to-anxiety-and-job-insecurity
[2] https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/06/remote-work-leaves-younger-workers-sidelined/
[3] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843076/remote-work-college-graduates-unemployment-ai
[4] https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/16/0451234/why-is-the-us-job-market-so-tough-especially-for-recent-college-grads
> The buzz on college campuses is that AI is [1]disrupting the job market for young college graduates. But [2]new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds that the culprit may be something else: remote work. An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech company, reveals that companies are [3]less likely to hire recent college grads into occupations that can be done remotely .
>
> Researchers speculate that employers are reluctant to put such workers in a setting where it's harder to absorb lessons from coworkers. The researchers found the unemployment rate among younger college grads -- those under the age of 29 -- rose 20% after the pandemic, while unemployment among older college grads fell slightly. The study compares unemployment rates pre-pandemic, from 2017 to 2019, with unemployment rates after the pandemic, from 2022 to 2024. Unemployment rose as remote work grew fourfold, the researchers write. "Our analysis suggests that these trends are related, with remote work making it more difficult for managers to train and mentor new employees."
Regardless of the cause, the New York Fed report warns that a high unemployment rate among young college grads is concerning.
"Early-career experiences can have lasting consequences," the researchers write. "Research finds that individuals who began looking for jobs in slacker labor markets tend to have lower earnings and slower career progression relative to comparable peers who began their job search in better market conditions."
Further reading: [4]Why Is the US Job Market So Tough, Especially for Recent College Grads?
[1] https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/25/0042201/will-big-tech-layoffs-bring-a-culture-shift-to-anxiety-and-job-insecurity
[2] https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/06/remote-work-leaves-younger-workers-sidelined/
[3] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843076/remote-work-college-graduates-unemployment-ai
[4] https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/16/0451234/why-is-the-us-job-market-so-tough-especially-for-recent-college-grads
Yeah.... no (Score:2)
Oh come on guys. No one is that dense. We can all see the multi-million dollar record profits that companies are making, in a bid to shore up their stock price. Then putting in the profits into stock buyback to further shore up the stock. Hiring has simply been frozen and more & more work is piled on-top of existing employees.
The existing employees donot dare rebel, and simply do as they are told, as they have seen the firings and are just doing whatever they can to scrape by. The situation does not s