idk why this was downvoted but anyway: the educational fallout from covid affected all ages, so the effect really is going to last for the next decade at least,

idk why this was downvoted but anyway: the educational fallout from covid affected all ages, so the effect really is going to last for the next decade at least, with fading effects towards the younger generations as the educational system hopefully will be able to patch up the gaps somewhat. And if you grant that the negative effects will last much longer than 2 years, it doesn't make a lot of sense business wise to hold off new hires for that long