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A whiner graduate who went mega-viral with a tearful reaction to her first 9-to-5 job says she's been laid off
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Dec 23, 2023, 3:28:52 PM12/23/23
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Brielle Asero blew up online when she shared a tearful reaction to her
first job out of college.
Now, she says she was laid off from the role, and is not optimistic about
finding another.
Asero said she did everything right, yet has no savings to fall back on.
A college graduate who blew up online after sharing her struggles with
working life has announced on TikTok she was laid off.
In October, 21-year-old Brielle Asero went mega-viral and made headlines
when she posted a tearful video calling out the struggles of the 9-to-5
work culture she was experiencing for the first time.
In the upload, which has received 3.4 million views to date, Asero, who
had recently started a corporate position in the New York area, said the
office life and commute meant she had no time or energy by the time she
got home.
The video received a mixed reaction online. Some criticized Asero's take,
while many more came to her defense, and called out similar issues with
the 40-hour workweek.
At the time, Asero told Business Insider in an email statement that she
was very grateful to have a job, but that "it is discouraging and
understandable why Americans are burnt out and mental illness levels are
high."
On December 16, Asero posted once again to TikTok and said she had been
laid off from her role, which she said had taken her five months to find
and she had moved to New York City for.
Asero said she had been let go from the start-up as they "didn't have the
workload or the bandwidth" to train her or give her the work she was hired
to do.
In an email statement to BI, she said the layoff had "absolutely nothing
to do" with her previous viral video, and said there were "no hard
feelings."
In her video, she said her former boss had praised her performance and she
expected a good reference.
Still, Asero told her followers she needed a new role by January 2, and
she wasn't optimistic about her chances given many companies would pause
recruiting over the holiday period.
She also listed all of her achievements including obtaining a degree,
working internships, and building a portfolio, but said she still found
the idea of re-entering the job application process daunting.
"I have done everything I possibly could have, and it's still not enough,"
she said.
Asero said she was considering getting a job as a nanny or a server while
she waited to see if she could find a new marketing role. She said she
barely had enough money to live on in her past 9-to-5 job, which meant she
had no savings to fall back on.
She's not alone — over 50% of Gen Zers don't have enough emergency savings
to last them three months, according to a survey conducted by Bank of
America earlier this year.
Asero's upload received 440,000 views and over 1,580 comments, many of
which sympathized with her position, including some who wrote they had
also been the subject of layoffs that impacted various industries this
year, and encouraged the TikToker to keep trying for a new position.
She told BI she made the video to connect with other people who had a
similar experience. "There's so many college graduates being laid off and
it's upsetting," she said.
The company Asero was listed as working for on her LinkedIn profile did
not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.
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Brielle Asero blew up online when she shared a tearful reaction to her
first job out of college.
Now, she says she was laid off from the role, and is not optimistic about
finding another.
Asero said she did everything right, yet has no savings to fall back on.
A college graduate who blew up online after sharing her struggles with
working life has announced on TikTok she was laid off.
In October, 21-year-old Brielle Asero went mega-viral and made headlines
when she posted a tearful video calling out the struggles of the 9-to-5
work culture she was experiencing for the first time.
In the upload, which has received 3.4 million views to date, Asero, who
had recently started a corporate position in the New York area, said the
office life and commute meant she had no time or energy by the time she
got home.
The video received a mixed reaction online. Some criticized Asero's take,
while many more came to her defense, and called out similar issues with
the 40-hour workweek.
At the time, Asero told Business Insider in an email statement that she
was very grateful to have a job, but that "it is discouraging and
understandable why Americans are burnt out and mental illness levels are
high."
On December 16, Asero posted once again to TikTok and said she had been
laid off from her role, which she said had taken her five months to find
and she had moved to New York City for.
Asero said she had been let go from the start-up as they "didn't have the
workload or the bandwidth" to train her or give her the work she was hired
to do.
In an email statement to BI, she said the layoff had "absolutely nothing
to do" with her previous viral video, and said there were "no hard
feelings."
In her video, she said her former boss had praised her performance and she
expected a good reference.
Still, Asero told her followers she needed a new role by January 2, and
she wasn't optimistic about her chances given many companies would pause
recruiting over the holiday period.
She also listed all of her achievements including obtaining a degree,
working internships, and building a portfolio, but said she still found
the idea of re-entering the job application process daunting.
"I have done everything I possibly could have, and it's still not enough,"
she said.
Asero said she was considering getting a job as a nanny or a server while
she waited to see if she could find a new marketing role. She said she
barely had enough money to live on in her past 9-to-5 job, which meant she
had no savings to fall back on.
She's not alone — over 50% of Gen Zers don't have enough emergency savings
to last them three months, according to a survey conducted by Bank of
America earlier this year.
Asero's upload received 440,000 views and over 1,580 comments, many of
which sympathized with her position, including some who wrote they had
also been the subject of layoffs that impacted various industries this
year, and encouraged the TikToker to keep trying for a new position.
She told BI she made the video to connect with other people who had a
similar experience. "There's so many college graduates being laid off and
it's upsetting," she said.
The company Asero was listed as working for on her LinkedIn profile did
not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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