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Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to
discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities of young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring parents with them on job interviews. Maureen and Marlaina share an eye roll when discussing when the culture started shift, with true stories about former colleagues who would meltdown under the slightest pressure, and more.

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On Nov 21, 2025 at 9:51:04 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities of young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring parents

with them on job interviews.

Why would that even be allowed? When I sat on the recruitment panel for new hires in my agency, we would never have allowed some guy's mom to sit in on
the interview with him. And, honestly, the fact that he even brought her in
the first place would have gotten him shit-canned instantly.


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On 2025-11-21 3:47 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:

On Nov 21, 2025 at 9:51:04 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to
discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities of >> young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring parents

with them on job interviews.

Why would that even be allowed? When I sat on the recruitment panel for new hires in my agency, we would never have allowed some guy's mom to sit in on the interview with him. And, honestly, the fact that he even brought her in the first place would have gotten him shit-canned instantly.

I'll never forget an incident I read about a few years ago. A young
woman who had been hired to edit an article in the publication she
worked for was sitting with her boss, another woman, and going over the
edits she had made. The boss made a few comments on this and that and
then said, by the way, her junior editor has missed a typo and would she please correct it. The younger woman was puzzled and asked what typo she
had missed. "You spelled "hampster" with a 'p' but it's supposed to be
spelled "hamster". The young woman protested. "But it's supposed to be
spelled with a 'p'!". The older woman pulled up a dictionary and said
"Let's see what the dictionary says.... Here it is: "hamster", no 'p'".
But rather than gracefully admitting her error and making the
correction, the younger woman *insisted* on spelling it "hampster". When
her boss said that was unacceptable, the younger woman phoned her mother
at work and demanded that the mother persuade her boss to let the
misspelled word remain misspelled - and the mother proceeded to argue
with the boss.

This struck me as one of the looniest things I'd ever heard. The whole
idea of calling your parents over such a matter - and then the parents actually trying to intercede with your boss - is beyond ludicrous
especially when they'd already established that "hampster" is NOT
spelled with a 'p'. This young woman literally wanted her private
misspelling of a well-known word to take precedence over the correct
spelling and actually played the parent card in an attempt to have her way.

After reading about that incident, I'm fully prepared to believe that
some people bring their parents to job interviews. I'll be darned if I
can understand why anyone would hire someone who did that though. The
very fact that they did so seems like clear proof that the candidate
isn't mature enough to be employed.
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:10:56 -0500, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2025-11-21 3:47 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:

On Nov 21, 2025 at 9:51:04 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote: >>

Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to >>> discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities of >>> young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring parents

with them on job interviews.

Why would that even be allowed? When I sat on the recruitment panel for new >> hires in my agency, we would never have allowed some guy's mom to sit in on >> the interview with him. And, honestly, the fact that he even brought her in >> the first place would have gotten him shit-canned instantly.

I'll never forget an incident I read about a few years ago. A young
woman who had been hired to edit an article in the publication she
worked for was sitting with her boss, another woman, and going over the >edits she had made. The boss made a few comments on this and that and
then said, by the way, her junior editor has missed a typo and would she >please correct it. The younger woman was puzzled and asked what typo she
had missed. "You spelled "hampster" with a 'p' but it's supposed to be >spelled "hamster". The young woman protested. "But it's supposed to be >spelled with a 'p'!". The older woman pulled up a dictionary and said
"Let's see what the dictionary says.... Here it is: "hamster", no 'p'".
But rather than gracefully admitting her error and making the
correction, the younger woman *insisted* on spelling it "hampster". When
her boss said that was unacceptable, the younger woman phoned her mother
at work and demanded that the mother persuade her boss to let the
misspelled word remain misspelled - and the mother proceeded to argue
with the boss.

Yeah, I can't imagine anyone doing this. They've clearly led a very
sheltered life. I would even doubt if she had been to college as I
would expect that to help her understand how things work in the world
outside of her bubble.

This struck me as one of the looniest things I'd ever heard. The whole
idea of calling your parents over such a matter - and then the parents >actually trying to intercede with your boss - is beyond ludicrous
especially when they'd already established that "hampster" is NOT
spelled with a 'p'. This young woman literally wanted her private >misspelling of a well-known word to take precedence over the correct >spelling and actually played the parent card in an attempt to have her way.

After reading about that incident, I'm fully prepared to believe that
some people bring their parents to job interviews. I'll be darned if I
can understand why anyone would hire someone who did that though. The
very fact that they did so seems like clear proof that the candidate
isn't mature enough to be employed.

I would more likely expect someone like that would be more likely to
end up in the family business.
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

On Nov 21, 2025 at 9:51:04 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to
discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities of >> young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring parents

with them on job interviews.

Why would that even be allowed? When I sat on the recruitment panel for new hires in my agency, we would never have allowed some guy's mom to sit in on the interview with him. And, honestly, the fact that he even brought her in the first place would have gotten him shit-canned instantly.

I’ve had people come in accompanied by a family member, but they tended to
be young (high school or college) girls looking for an internship. In fact,
I hired one of them. Her sister always brought her to work. I don’t think
she ever did learn to drive. We got her into Cal Arts and then the
Hollywood animation system.
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Rhino wrote:

On 2025-11-21 3:47 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:

On Nov 21, 2025 at 9:51:04 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Maureen Callahan is joined by The Nerve’s producer Marlaina Schiavo to >>> discuss the changing workplace culture that caters to the sensitivities >>> of young employee and a new report on how the majority of Gen Zers bring >>> parents with them on job interviews.

Why would that even be allowed? When I sat on the recruitment panel for new >> hires in my agency, we would never have allowed some guy's mom to sit in on >> the interview with him. And, honestly, the fact that he even brought her in >> the first place would have gotten him shit-canned instantly.

I'll never forget an incident I read about a few years ago. A young
woman who had been hired to edit an article in the publication she
worked for was sitting with her boss, another woman, and going over the >edits she had made. The boss made a few comments on this and that and
then said, by the way, her junior editor has missed a typo and would she >please correct it. The younger woman was puzzled and asked what typo she
had missed. "You spelled "hampster" with a 'p' but it's supposed to be >spelled "hamster". The young woman protested. "But it's supposed to be >spelled with a 'p'!". The older woman pulled up a dictionary and said
"Let's see what the dictionary says.... Here it is: "hamster", no 'p'".
But rather than gracefully admitting her error and making the
correction, the younger woman *insisted* on spelling it "hampster". When
her boss said that was unacceptable, the younger woman phoned her mother
at work and demanded that the mother persuade her boss to let the
misspelled word remain misspelled - and the mother proceeded to argue
with the boss.

This struck me as one of the looniest things I'd ever heard. The whole
idea of calling your parents over such a matter - and then the parents >actually trying to intercede with your boss - is beyond ludicrous
especially when they'd already established that "hampster" is NOT
spelled with a 'p'. This young woman literally wanted her private >misspelling of a well-known word to take precedence over the correct >spelling and actually played the parent card in an attempt to have her way.

I am confused. Of course, "hampster" is spelled with a "p"!
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