The Future is Doomed: 20 Percent of Gen-Zers Bring Parents To Job Interviews
A new poll revealed that nearly 20 percent of Gen Z job applicants brought their parents to job interviews, while a separate study found that an astounding 26 percent of those said that the parents physically sat in with them during it!
I'm sorry, what?
EMPLOYEES TROUBLED AT JOB SEEKERS BRINGING PARENTS WITH THEM
A new Intelligent.com survey asked 800 employers about their job hiring experiences with recent college graduates and their responses are pathetically sad for America's youth.
Among the most troubling and absurd is the fact that 19 percent of applicants brought a parent to the interview.
No, this wasn't just a "I'll drop you off and pick you up," response from mom, this was literally a parent walking their 22-year-old son or daughter to the reception desk, and into the waiting room with them. I can't even imagine what my father would say to me if I asked him to come with me and speak with my potential boss.
In a separate poll, nearly 30 percent actually WENT INTO the job interview with their child as if it was this hilarious scene between John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell in Step Brothers. The only difference, of course, is that it worked in the movies because it was such an off-the-wall, "Could you imagine?" scene. Unfortunately, movies have now become the reality with Gen Z.
THE FUTURE IS BLEAK
The Intelligent poll also provided data on just how unprepared and the entitled mindset that Gen Z currently has.
A stunning 47 percent of interviewees "dressed inappropriately," apparently unaware that just because they are Gen Z doesn't mean that first impressions somehow stopped mattering. Of those that did partake in the interviews, you can thank cell phones and social media for the 53 percent that "struggled with eye contact," as anyone with children can relate too. Have you tried having a conversation at the dinner table lately with a Gen Z child? Good luck. And when you tell them to look at you, get ready to be blamed for "triggering them" or "bullying them."
But beyond just having your parents coddle you and literally baby you even though you are in your 20's, what I also found absurd was that 21 percent of applicants refused to even turn on their Zoom during the remote job interview! I'm sure the HR handler or hiring boss is not going to have any questions when they are talking to a black screen with "John Smith" typed in white letters across it.
The poll also followed suit with a number of other ones that showed the disconnect in salary expectations that the younger generations have.
And for those that may be hesitant or pass this off as "just another poll," let me remind you of this viral video of a Gen Z woman who had a meltdown because the 9-5 job didn't allow her to live her life and how she "doesn't understand" how people can pull it off. This is our future, everyone:
LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS AND MOTIVATION HAS DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
However, there's also a larger issue at hand here and that's the shift in the mindset of society. Based on the data, the babying / entitled / ‘woe is me' generation is clearly expecting more despite being unprepared or working for it. What started with Covid relief checks has only escalated with President Biden's student loan forgiveness and a participation trophy society mindset that children are not growing out of.
But with great expectations comes great disappointment and, clearly, that is what is going to happen to many in this generation that think it's perfectly okay to bring in their damn parents into a job interview or have them speak with them afterwards just to make sure "everything is alright for little Johnny!"
When you combine the inevitable letdown that Gen Z is going to face, with the fact that an IA Poll last year found that just 36 percent of millennials and 16 percent of Gen Z adults said they were ‘Proud to live in the United States,’ then you can see the direct parallel and how dangerous this can become. A frustrated younger generation - despite some of it being self-imposed, that is also angry and doesn't appreciate or believe that America is great, will have no problem further tearing it apart - and that is extremely worrisome.
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