Snapshot · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
The pullback in junior hiring began when remote work took off in 2020, well before ChatGPT arrived, suggesting remote work — not AI — may be the primary culprit for young workers' labour market struggles.
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Three sponsors fill a brief interlude. Google Chrome promotes its Gemini AI integration as an assistant for any online task. Shopify pitches its platform as the highest-converting checkout for scaling businesses. Ferragamo presents its Father's Day 'Things I Have Learned From You' collection, covering fragrances and Italian leather shoes. The block is relatively brief before the episode resumes with the AI and remote work segment.
Everyone blamed AI for the collapse in junior hiring. But the data says the pullback started in 2020 when remote work took off — three years before ChatGPT. When work became a string of digital tasks done over Slack, it was natural for managers to wonder why they needed anyone in the room.
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