Gen Z addicted to skipping work — 34% have accepted a job offer but never showed up

[DKG]

Two-thirds of Gen Z employees said in a recent survey they would quit if forced to work in person.

Gen Z is seriously lacking in career ambition, according to a 2025 study related to job applications and employment.

The study compared the employment choices of different generations and found some disturbing trends among those born between 1997 and 2012, typically referred to as Generation Z.

'Is it any wonder that ambition is falling? Young people are disengaged and feeling abandoned.'

The job habits, career aspirations, and willingness to work remotely were analyzed for 1,000 workers in Britain, and analysts found that across the board, 53% of respondents would choose to work remotely even if it meant they had no chance of being promoted.

Another 51% said they would take a pay cut if they were allowed to work from home as much as they wanted.

Shockingly, if forced to work full-time at their job site, 66% said they would quit.

The survey found that Gen Z in particular has a chronic issue with purposely avoiding work.

Over one-third of Gen Z respondents said that they have participated in the trend known as "career catfishing."

This entails accepting a job offer from an employer, but then not showing up to work on the first day, or at all. The 34% of Gen Z who said they have done this was almost double the overall average of workers who had participated in the trend, which stood at 18%.
The survey by CV Genius showed that in comparison to other generations, 80% of Gen Z said they had been compelled by increasing cost-of-living expenses to change jobs or relocate. For Millennials, that number was 76%, but only 64% for Gen X and just 38% for Baby Boomers.

Gen Z workers were also 35% more likely to be actively searching for better-paying jobs than Boomers were. Gen Z was three times more likely than Boomers to be seeking a job in a different city, as well.

A little more than a quarter (26%) of Gen Z do want to start their own businesses, however, which topped all other age groups.

English reporter Lewis Brackpool told Blaze News these trends are indicative of a greater problem with his country and that the country has been "hollowed out" through a steady decline overseen by the ruling class.

"Is it any wonder that ambition is falling? Young people are disengaged and feeling abandoned, and the indigenous population is being priced out, relocating internally, or emigrating entirely."

Brackpool pointed to mass migration as another issue that prioritizes the needs of corporations and investment firms over those of "local businesses or homegrown entrepreneurs."

"Stealth taxation, bureaucratic overreach, and unelected climate targets have been an economic and cultural disaster."
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This survey was conducted in Britain, but I have no doubt one would find similarities in Canada and the US.

[formosan]

Two-thirds of Gen Z employees said in a recent survey they would quit if forced to work in person.

Gen Z is seriously lacking in career ambition, according to a 2025 study related to job applications and employment.

The study compared the employment choices of different generations and found some disturbing trends among those born between 1997 and 2012, typically referred to as Generation Z.

'Is it any wonder that ambition is falling? Young people are disengaged and feeling abandoned.'

The job habits, career aspirations, and willingness to work remotely were analyzed for 1,000 workers in Britain, and analysts found that across the board, 53% of respondents would choose to work remotely even if it meant they had no chance of being promoted.

Another 51% said they would take a pay cut if they were allowed to work from home as much as they wanted.

Shockingly, if forced to work full-time at their job site, 66% said they would quit.

The survey found that Gen Z in particular has a chronic issue with purposely avoiding work.

Over one-third of Gen Z respondents said that they have participated in the trend known as "career catfishing."

This entails accepting a job offer from an employer, but then not showing up to work on the first day, or at all. The 34% of Gen Z who said they have done this was almost double the overall average of workers who had participated in the trend, which stood at 18%.
The survey by CV Genius showed that in comparison to other generations, 80% of Gen Z said they had been compelled by increasing cost-of-living expenses to change jobs or relocate. For Millennials, that number was 76%, but only 64% for Gen X and just 38% for Baby Boomers.

Gen Z workers were also 35% more likely to be actively searching for better-paying jobs than Boomers were. Gen Z was three times more likely than Boomers to be seeking a job in a different city, as well.

A little more than a quarter (26%) of Gen Z do want to start their own businesses, however, which topped all other age groups.

English reporter Lewis Brackpool told Blaze News these trends are indicative of a greater problem with his country and that the country has been "hollowed out" through a steady decline overseen by the ruling class.

"Is it any wonder that ambition is falling? Young people are disengaged and feeling abandoned, and the indigenous population is being priced out, relocating internally, or emigrating entirely."

Brackpool pointed to mass migration as another issue that prioritizes the needs of corporations and investment firms over those of "local businesses or homegrown entrepreneurs."

"Stealth taxation, bureaucratic overreach, and unelected climate targets have been an economic and cultural disaster."
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This survey was conducted in Britain, but I have no doubt one would find similarities in Canada and the US.

Both of my children have terrific work ethics Seoul.

[Brent]

Brackpool pointed to mass migration as another issue that prioritizes the needs of corporations and investment firms over those of "local businesses or homegrown entrepreneurs."

One hundred percent. There is no bigger problem in formerly White countries than mass immigration. All other problems can be connected to it.

[Herman]

My boy is thirty four, has a good job, a hard working old lady and two kids. But, there was a time after he graduated from university that he was just drifting without any direction. My ex wife and I were both getting concerned he was never going to grow up like so many people in his age group. I credit meeting his old lady for his turn around. She made a man out of him.

[DKG]

Both of my children have terrific work ethics Seoul.

No doubt about that. But, we are looking at trends.

[formosan]

My boy is thirty four, has a good job, a hard working old lady and two kids. But, there was a time after he graduated from university that he was just drifting without any direction. My ex wife and I were both getting concerned he was never going to grow up like so many people in his age group. I credit meeting his old lady for his turn around. She made a man out of him.

I'm happy for him and you Herman.