For young Americans, the workplace is the new phoneless frontier. 'It allows us to hyper focus on the task at hand,' says employer

Schools and increasingly teen employers are drawing a hard line against phone use. When Ronin Segrest, 17, began working at Ocean Oasis Water Park and Beach Club in Wildwood, New Jersey, in the summer of 2025, he'd long been looking forward to becoming a lifeguard. He just didn't anticipate how hard it would be to part ways with his phone for those six-to-seven-hour shifts [1].

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1. cnbc.com · For young Americans, the workplace is the new phoneless frontier. 'It allows us to hyper focus on the task at hand,' says employer Aug 22, 2026

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