Not necessarily. The right kind of laziness in a software engineer can facilitate the creation of a lot of automation and very simple code that doesn't cause a lot of work. In the right context, laziness can be a great quality.
I didn't say it was a bad thing - though personally I think that while the whole "if you have a difficult task give it to a lazy man" logic is flawed, there are people out there who aren't lazy but still capable of being efficient - just that there are some people out there who could well base a hiring decision on it.
