Gen Z jobseekers are making their parents call and plead to hire them, boss says: ‘They are not prepared’

More like Gen La-Z.

The young adult workforce has once again been chided for entitlement as a UK plumbing boss accuses the so-called laziest generation of having their parents call prospective employers to land them a gig.

The toileteer, Dan, had dropped the alleged revelation while calling into the “James O’Brien Show” on the radio station LBC, the Daily Mail reported.

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

“They are not out looking to do a job. They don’t want to be a plumber or an apprentice,” he continued. “They are not prepared to do what they need to do to get qualified.”

Interestingly, a recent survey by Intelligent found that an increasing number of Zoomer jobseekers are bringing moms and dads to their job interviews.

If acting as a vocational liaison wasn’t ludicrous enough, Dan claimed that many parents even put their slothful progeny up to applying in the first place, noting, “They are not out looking to do a job. They don’t want to be a plumber or an apprentice.”

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

As a result, the idea of hiring a younger plumber can feel like a pipe dream.

“We can’t find sub-20-year-olds to join,” lamented Dan, adding that they do “very good and hard-working” but they are the “exception to the rule.”

Why are so many Zoomers using their mothers and fathers as employment wingpeople? The Brit blames their addiction to “YouTube and TikTok,” which instills them with the sense 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 who do land gigs are frequently accused of being difficult to work with, some of several reasons perhaps why employers are calling a moratorium on enlisting younger applicants.

The aforementioned Intelligent survey found that 39% of employers actively avoid hiring recent college graduates for roles they’re qualified for while nearly half copped to firing a recent grad.

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

“The argument of us being lazy is extremely misconstrued,” Erica Burkett, 27, told The Post last week. “We’re just not going to be accustomed to the workforce that’s been around for the last 50 years.”