A recent trend has emerged on social media platforms like TikTok, where individuals, including a tech worker from Cloudflare, are documenting their layoffs and sharing the experience publicly. This has generated a mixed response, with some, like Katie Notopoulos, supporting the trend for its ability to destigmatize job loss and provide solidarity among workers, while others raise privacy and emotional well-being concerns. The tech worker who posted her layoff from Cloudflare has spoken out, stating she does not regret sharing the video, which has led to job offers and messages from others saying they feel less alone, suggesting that such posts can hold 'isolated' bosses accountable and give workers more visibility in a challenging job market.
Losing a job used to be a private moment. Now, as the viral video of one tech worker’s firing shows, it’s often fodder for a social-media post. “I’m pissed and I’m sad and I’m scared.” https://t.co/bRBGci5DzZ https://t.co/bRBGci5DzZ
Woman gets attention from prospective employers after documenting being fired from her job https://t.co/nUQ6zOvtSx
An all-out brawl went down in an airport after a woman got fired and the video is WILD 😳 #TMZonTV breaks it all down! https://t.co/qBxMpDSQLz
It's tempting to think that recording your own firing and posting it on TikTok, as one worker did at Cloudflare, will give workers more leverage. But bosses still have the edge on surveillance, says @skgreen https://t.co/FyjSQrOL6x via @opinion
It's tempting to think that recording your own firing and posting it on TikTok, as one worker did at Cloudflare, will give workers more leverage. But bosses still have the edge on surveillance, says @skgreen https://t.co/pbnD80eBd9
A tech worker has gone viral — and received job offers — after posting her layoff by San Francisco's Cloudflare on TikTok. https://t.co/HBjd42yLnB
With the rise of remote work since the pandemic, so, too, has come the remote layoff, an isolating, robotic affair: calendar invite, Zoom call, closed laptop, silence. It's probably why filming your remote layoff live has become such a hot trend. https://t.co/T5cFIvH5iT
People who posted their layoff are flooded with DMs from others saying they feel less alone. Experts say the videos hold "isolated" bosses accountable. https://t.co/jqyqt3uiio
'A huge slap in the face': Woman goes viral after recording herself getting fired https://t.co/9iMnwN8Xsc
Getting laid off can have many immediate consequences — losing your source of income, having to cut back on spending and dipping into your savings — but it can also have emotional repercussions. https://t.co/8t7nzRGqoy
She went viral after posting her layoff on TikTok https://t.co/SPcgqAcpjR https://t.co/HvdU5P3MK9
She went viral after posting her layoff on TikTok. From KTLA's @Davidlaz https://t.co/SPcgqAcpjR
Tech worker who went viral after posting herself getting fired on TikTok speaks out: ‘I don’t regret sharing that’ https://t.co/NWuIG4XsHg https://t.co/yScSUSntyE
NEW: Atlanta Airport barista Shacoria Elly has meltdown after reportedly getting into an argument with co-workers about espresso shots. At least she's passionate! Elly smacked one of the workers in the face, got dropped and smacked another in the head with a metal pan all in… https://t.co/xj7Hcv562w
Posting a TikTok video of yourself getting laid off is good, actually https://t.co/Fz2fhBxxN8
I think I'm inclined to agree with Katie here. Getting laid off is something that often carries a lot of fear and shame with it and allowing people to see someone else going through it is probably good. Companies don't want people to see this because they're usually not going to… https://t.co/KFQsJ4QmKA
I saw like 4 Tiktoks in the last week of people filming themselves getting laid off. I think this trend is actually..... good? (for workers in general, not the people affected obvs) Horrifying, but its good for younger ppl to know what this looks like https://t.co/EdFPs7FT4w