Spring Breakers with Kim
Harmony Korine shot the new SKIMS campaign.
Good morning.
One solution for layoffs is going viral on TikTok. As tech workers continue to get laid off across the country — more than 50,000 employees were let go from Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft alone in the last few months — some have turned to TikTok to share their experiences. And the virality wasn’t planned, in fact virality can’t really be planned, right? It’s the perfect combination of misery loves company + and curiosity of what these jobless people will do next that leads to explosion on social media. An emerging microgenre on the platform, layoff vlogs can be a source of validation and community, or a self-esteem boost, for young workers who have recently lost their jobs. In these videos, some creators vent about their former employers or expose perceived wrongdoings. Others have a more practical objective in mind: using the platform to find their next gig.



