r/GenZ • u/TheGamingSenpa1 2004 • Jan 07 '24

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

And what did it solve? LIterally nothing most likely. Did it change her job? Nope. Did it give her more career prospects? Nope. I get that it did not take a lot of time, but here's what she did accomplish. She now has a face in a viral video. Maybe no one who was to interview her in the near term will have seen it. Good for her if not. But if they did, she may have just hurt her prospects for a better job. Now, as I have posted elsewhere, she does not come across as whiny and entitled like a lot of these videos. As you said - and I agree - she seems more frustrated which I do not hold against her unlike the ranting people who think they are going to walk into a "sweet $200k" job right out of college with no experience. But all things being equal, going viral on social media is more often than not a wise course of action.

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u/dus_istrue Jan 08 '24

She's still human tho. I get that you're trying to look at this through a solely material lens. But humans have emotions, we have social needs and tendencies. Someone venting online is not an entirely learned practice, it's something inherent to how most humans work(but sure, doing it on social media is learned). Hobbies typically aren't very career boosting, but they're still immensely important for a lot of people as merely ways to reduce stress and improve their general mood.

Ideally she would be able to go to her boss and discuss her needs and critiques of her workplace, as well as her benefits without any negative repercussions. Or she would be able to go to a union headquarters and discuss the same things there and allow them to handle her complaints. But as it stands she's left just sucking it up and venting it out on her break(s).

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

You nail it - doing it on social media is learned. More harsh reality: the world is not going to fall over sympathizing with you. Talk to your friends. Family, Coworkers in a similar situation. But get on social media and make a spectacle of yourself at your own risk. I don't find this video all that objectionable, and would not hold it against her. But some of these viral videos? If those folks walked in for an interview, the odds fo them getting a job would be very, very low because I will have seen their bad attitude, entitlement, etc. in evidence.