Gen Z job seekers are making their parents call and beg to hire them, boss says: ‘They’re not prepared’

More like Gen La-Z.

The young-adult workforce has once again come under fire for entitlement as a UK plumber accuses the so-called lazier generation than their parents of calling potential employers to give them a gig.

The toilet, Dan, had recanted the alleged revelation while appearing on the James O’Brien Show on LBC radio station, the Daily Mail reported.

“I have a plumbing company and there are eight or nine of us that work here,” the 29-year-old caller told O’Brien, 52. “The applications we get from the younger generation are never applying themselves. It’s always their parents.”

“They’re not out looking to do a job. They don’t want to be plumbers or apprentices,” he continued. “They’re not prepared to do what they have to do to qualify.”

Interestingly, a recent study by Intelligent found that a growing number of Zoomer job seekers are bringing moms and dads to their job interviews.

If acting as a professional liaison wasn’t funny enough, Dan claimed that many parents even put their lazy offspring through applying in the first place, noting: “They’re not looking to do a job. They don’t want to be plumbers or apprentices.”

“When we meet these kids, they don’t want to be there; they’re just being told to be there,” the disappointed plumber declared.

As a result, the idea of ​​hiring a younger plumber may seem like a pipe dream.

“We can’t get any under-20s to join,” complained Dan, adding that they do “very well and hard work” but they are “the exception to the rule”.

Why do so many Zoomers use their moms and dads as employment arms? The Brit blames their addiction to “YouTube and TikTok”, which gives them the feeling that “they don’t need to go to work”.

A recent study found that a staggering 57% of Gen Zers aspire to be influencers.

Many of those who land gigs are often accused of being difficult to work with, some of the reasons perhaps why employers are seeking a moratorium on signing up new applicants.

The aforementioned Intelligent survey found that 39% of employers actively avoid hiring recent college graduates for roles for which they are qualified, while nearly half chose to fire a recent graduate.

However, 20-somethings have since clapped back at those who accuse them of laziness, claiming their generation has a great work ethic but likes to prioritize a work-life balance.

“The argument that we’re lazy is wildly misconstrued,” Erica Burkett, 27, told The Post last week. “We’re just not going to be used to the workforce that’s existed for the last 50 years.”