Read previewThe youngest generation at work have found a new way to vent their frustrations at working in corporate America: filming themselves getting laid off or fired, and posting it on social media.
"From the Gen Z perspective, this woman feels like a hero," Schawbel said about Pietsch.
She got followers, she got attention, because of the algorithm and the echo chamber that surrounds her on social media, and on TikTok especially."
Social media fame, likes, followers, and comments might create a facade of social connection for some lonely Gen Zers.
A lot of recruiters would be wary of hiring someone like that because company’s "don’t want to be the next victim" of a social media rant.
Persons:
—, Brittany Pietsch, Zers aren’t, they’re, virality, Dan Schawbel, Schawbel, Ben Voyer
Organizations:
Service, Business, Workplace Intelligence, Harvard Graduate School of Education, BI, Social, Gen
Locations:
America, Cloudflare