Holy Crap -- Does Gen Z Really Do This Now?

I don’t know if you’ve seen this story over the last week. It’s kinda phony in a way and from some site called like “ResumeWorld” or whatever, so I don’t know how actually true it is, but it made headlines. The crux is: 29% of Gen Z job applicants across this sample are bringing their parents to the interview, either an in-person interview or a video interview. Again, not sure how true it is. If it’s even remotely true, it’s absolutely hysterical.

It’s covered a little bit in this video:

It’s not surprising that it would be covered in that video, because the Bet-David crew is very conservative and Trump-y, and this is absolute catnip for Trumper guys who think the world is burning as Biden hands out free crack pipes in downtown Philadelphia every day. (The funny part, of course, is that guys like Bet-David have four kids, typically Gen Z kids, and really this story is about shitty parenting, not how ridiculous the kids are.) But hey. Let’s laugh. It’s better than crying, ya know?

This particular possible story (again, might be overblown) occurs at several nice intersections, including:

• Snowplow parenting
• The idea that Gen Z are sissies
• The idea that liberally-raised kids are sissies
• How insane the job market is right now
• How bad parenting has gotten, even though very few want to admit that part out loud
• Ideology shit
• America’s “failure to launch”

I don’t know how big a screw you’d need to have loose to bring your fucking parents to a job interview, so again, I think the story is a bit made-up or over-promoted. I do think snowplow parenting is a very tangible force of the last 15–20 years, though, which seemingly has recently been replaced by a new thing called “gentle parenting.” They’re both equally as bad because they remove repercussions and thus resilience conversations from kids, and that’s ostensibly the main thing kids need as they grow up. I didn’t always have it, and I’m generally a goddamn train wreck nowadays. I got an e-bike recently and the screen broke after three rides, and I almost lost my mind for a day thinking it signaled how the world is against me. Again, lack of resilience. I think I have some, but that could have been baked earlier.

I guess the good thing is: I ain’t taking my parents to a job interview.

Bet-David and his MAGA gang do make a funny joke in that video above. Boss calls you up and says, “Todd, your 90-day review is next Wednesday.” Todd says: “Let me see if my dad is free.” LOL. I did laugh at that.

Think this is actually a story, or naw?