Posting layoff videos on TikTok is “extremely risky for future job prospects” - Photo: NPR
Since TikTok became popular, many users have turned to it as a way to post about work-related issues, including being fired. However, this is a "double-edged sword" with many risks.
Be careful when posting layoff videos on TikTok
In April 2023, Joni Bonnemort, now 39 and living in Utah, USA, posted a video recording the moment she was fired. Speaking to CNBC , Bonnemort admitted that she used TikTok a lot, and felt comfortable sharing about being fired. She considered it a personal experience.
Bonnemort said the response from viewers was “95% positive.” People were supportive and sharing similar stories, and employers started asking to see her resume. “My current employer saw my TikTok video and reached out for an interview,” she said.
Posting a video of a layoff, on the one hand, has the positive side of garnering support from viewers, and sometimes holds employers accountable for unfair treatment of employees.
However, when it comes to recording and sharing someone else's or your own firing on TikTok, career experts advise caution.
“I think this is incredibly risky for the future of jobs,” said Nolan Church, a former recruiter at Google and now chief executive of salary data firm FairComp.
The disadvantages outweigh the benefits.
There are three reasons why you should think twice before posting videos. First, these types of posts don’t always present your most professional image. You’re often posting them at a time when you’re feeling emotional.
“You’re anxious, frustrated, resentful, angry, and these are not emotions that help you make good decisions,” says career coach Phoebe Gavin.
You can still create a professional, measured post, but you're likely to be very emotional. Getting fired is a painful experience.
“It’s not good for your professional reputation to post videos of yourself crying, cursing at your former employer, or talking about them in a very aggressive and cruel way, even if these reactions are completely reasonable after what you went through,” Gavin adds.
“If the goal of the video is to find a job, you have to present yourself well,” she points out.
Additionally, posting a video like this can make others question your motivations. “It seems like the whole point of posting a video like this is because the company did you a disservice, so you’re going to get back at them by letting the world know,” Gavin explains.
Even if you don't mean it, it still looks that way. To employers, this is not a good image of a future employee.
Your former employer may deserve some heat for treating you poorly, but in this situation, you also can't present the best image of yourself as a professional.
Ultimately, this type of video can make it hard for a prospective employer to trust you. “If I find out a candidate has done this, the first thing I think is, Is this person going to post what we said to each other on social media again? ” says Church.
Career coach, founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach, Angelina Darrisaw, agrees.
“Especially in a virtual world where we can work remotely or hybrid, I have to trust to some extent that both parties have good intentions, that every word I say is off the record,” Darrisaw shared.
People want to feel comfortable speaking up during workplace interactions. If they know that anything they say can be used against them in the future, interactions become tense and intimidating.
“No one will trust you” if they find out you did these things, says Church.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dang-video-bi-sa-thai-len-tiktok-tuong-hay-ho-nhung-cuc-ky-rui-ro-20240508125130519.htm
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