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Title: There's 50% Fewer Young Employees at Tech Companies Now Than Two Years
Ago

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/042322...

An anonymous reader shared this report from Fortune: The percentage of young
Gen Z employees between the ages of 21 and 25 has been cut in half at
technology companies over the past two years, according to recent data from
compensation management software business Pave with workforce data from more
than 8,300 companies. These young workers accounted for 15% of the workforce
at large public tech firms in January 2023. By August 2025, they only
represented 6.8%. The situation isn't pretty at big private tech companies,
either - during that same time period, the proportion of early-career Gen Z
employees dwindled from 9.3% to 6.8%. Meanwhile, the average age of a worker
at a tech company has risen dramatically over those two and a half years.
Between January 2023 and July 2025, the average age of all employees at large
public technology businesses rose from 34.3 years to 39.4 years - more than a
five year difference. On the private side, the change was less drastic, with
the typical age only increasing from 35.1 to 36.6 years old... "If you're 35
or 40 years old, you're pretty established in your career, you have skills
that you know cannot yet be disrupted by AI," Matt Schulman, founder and CEO
of Pave, tells Fortune. "There's still a lot of human judgment when you're
operating at the more senior level...If you're a 22-year-old that used to be
an Excel junkie or something, then that can be disrupted. So it's almost a
tale of two cities." Schulman points to a few reasons why tech company
workforces are getting older and locking Gen Z out of jobs. One is that big
companies - like Salesforce, Meta, and Microsoft - are becoming a lot more
efficient thanks to the advent of AI. And despite their soaring trillion-
dollar profits, they're cutting employees at the bottom rungs in favor of
automation. Entry-level jobs have also dwindled because of AI agents, and
stalling promotions across many agencies looking to do more with less. Once
technology companies weed out junior roles, occupied by Gen Zers, their
workforces are bound to rise in age. Schulman tells Fortune Gen Z also has an
advantage: that tech corporations can see them as fresh talent that "can just
break the rules and leverage AI to a much greater degree without the
hindrance of years of bias." And Priya Rathod, workplace trends editor for
LinkedIn, tells Fortune there's promising tech-industry entry roles in AI
ethics, cybersecurity, UX, and product operations. "Building skills through
certifications, gig work, and online communities can open doors.... "For Gen
Z, the right certifications or micro credentials can outweigh a lack of years
on the resume. This helps them stay competitive even when entry level
opportunities shrink."

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