Posted on 06/14/2024 9:35:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
This CANNOT be TRUE!!! ARE PARENTS THAT STUPID TODAY ALSO???
Yes....................
I think the tone here is basically, “These kids are a problem.”
But it’s more accurate to say, “These parents have really done an awful job.” I believe that’s primary on Gen X.
And I would add that Baby Boomer Barack Obama told us he would “fundamentally transform” this country. And he did.
Kids in their early 20s today are screwed pretty badly. And I think only a small part of the blame is theirs. It’s the older people who have done the real damage.
This is what happens when ‘helicopter parents’ children become adults..................
Can’t retire before seeing something like that happen and booting them out. Then retire once I find out it was allowed by higher ups.
bwahahaha
all companies really want to hire is obiedent manikins anyway.
That was my first thought! Parents in no way should go to interview like the first day of kindergarten!
I have to admit, that even surprises me, and I thought nothing could surprise me anymore.
If I had asked one or both of my parents to go to a job interview with me when I was young they would have laughed in my face.
Of course it would have been difficult since we were on opposite coasts.
:-)
I haven’t heard this particular thing, but ... A friend told me that he had hired a Gen Z guy. The next day, the guy’s mommie called him and instructed him as how her boy expects to be spoken to. LOL!
I literally would not know what to say to an applicant or a parent who came to the kid’s interview. That feels like me walking into a Navy recruiting office and saying I want to command an aircraft carrier.
I think you just laugh? Maybe you think it’s a prank? Has anyone here ever had such an applicant?
Pantywaist mommy’s boy..............
The worst applicant I ever had was a young man who would not shut up. Continuously talked for the entire interview. I could hardly get a question in.................
I’m thinking it *must* have been asked such that a parent having ever driven the kiddo to an interview—or been in the room during a virtual interview—must have counted?!?
I volunteer with a boys Christian outdoor adventure group called Trail Life USA.
A very small number of young men earn out pinnacle award called the Freedom Award. (It’s similar to Eagle Scout but actually more difficult)
When a young man is working towards that award, I refuse to deal with his parents. All communication is through him. (Our youth protection rules require adults be copied on all comms, but they don’t participate in the conversation)
The boy is soon to be a legal adult doing an adult project and is thus treated as such.
There is a final interview with the candidate and several adults. Parents are not allowed to attend.
When my oldest son graduated, he had a tough time interviewing. I would do a debrief after the interview to help him sharpen his skills. I never accompanied him on an interview. I did help him build his resume.
Finally, we got to the heart of the matter. Despite all of my teaching, he got it into his head that employers should be selling him on the company.
I set him straight, in pretty brutal terms. His job was to find a job, land the job, and sell himself because they would toss his resume and find an equally qualified candidate with a better attitude. Employers don’t care about you as a person. You are there to do THE JOB.
Two weeks later, he was employed full time. Four months later, he got a $2K merit bonus. After 6 months, he got a $10K raise. They are talking about promoting him with a $25K bump in pay (almost six figures).
He is extremely smart, focused, talented, and hardworking. He just needed a good swift kick in the pants and an attitude adjustment.
I knew a guy that broke his hip in an auto accident. His mother drove him to a job interview because he was still unable to drive.
I’ve hired a few 16-17 year olds that brought a parent with. They just “observed” and helped with ID/SSN info if I hired them..
18+? ya, thanks for coming in, NEXT!
obviously this is a lie or a huge distortion. Shame on Gateway Pundit—they have sank a notch in my estimation.
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