As in all things, context is king.
If the headline read "Gen-Z is using all their resources to land a job", it makes it look like a positive story about "The Youths", which doesn't play as well with the typical Fox audience. Expanding to the world at large, rage bait beats positive stories every time. Or change the headline to "Managers are so bad, entry level workers turn to their parents for help completing work tasks" - that wouldn't play at all.
The 'study' itself is suspect - 900 responses is less than half the minimum sample size needed to extrapolate out. When the responses all come from a single vector, the data is nearly useless. Then compare the 'results' year over year - I don't know if the questions changed, but the responses sure did, which again indicates unreliability.
And so what? A kid asks his parents to proof read his resume - there would be no outrage over 70% of Gen-Z asking friends for help applying for jobs, or job leads, or a ride to an interview. Change 'friend' to 'parent' and now us old folks can stop yelling at clouds and start making fun of those darn kids.
Finally, I'd love to see the same survey given to Millennials, Gen X and Boomers when they were the same age - how many people get their first job through some kind of nepotism? How many of us didn't go to our parents for advice on a myriad of topics?
I'm sure there's truth to parents coming to apply for the kids, just like there's truth to a lot of the 'trucker stories' that get repeated as first person accounts, but most of this 'news story' is out of context BS.
That’s clearly exemplifies a significant problem in society
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Thrasher makes some significant points. Opportunities aren't as easy as in the boomers' days, and y'all can't deny that we're being financially squeezed more and more from every angle. Things have, indeed, changed for the worse. But no matter the circumstances, we all have to do the best we can for ourselves, by our own efforts. Being dependent on anyone can only last so long.Last edited: Aug 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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