Laid off Worker Smashes Work Laptop computer in Protest

In January of 2023, there have been large numbers of tech layoffs throughout quite a few high-profile corporations like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell, Spotify, Twitter, and Salesforce, together with many others.

Because of this, throngs of individuals have been not noted of labor and pissed off, particularly people who, throughout the pandemic, engaged within the “Nice Resignation” within the hopes of securing higher employment pastures…solely for a lot of of them to remorse their choices after they discovered themselves out of labor.

One TikToker, Lyss (@lyssg717), wasn’t on this place, nevertheless, and was upset to find that the primary job she bought out of school and had been with for 3 years determined to put her off regardless of attaining $50 billion in gross sales the earlier yr.

She determined to vent about it on social media, however not in a tearful put up, however somewhat by recording herself destroying her work laptop computer, smashing it repeatedly to the bottom outdoor.

“Pov: you are watching me react to getting laid off by an organization who made 50 billion in gross sales final yr,” Lyss writes in a textual content overlay in her video that exhibits her lifting a laptop computer means above her head after which slamming it onto concrete.

The video then transitions to a smash lower of her standing up on her toes solely to throw the laptop computer on the bottom but once more, items of the pc spiraling throughout the pavement. She does it as soon as extra earlier than a closing picture of the laptop computer launching throughout the bottom and slamming into the aspect of the home closes out the video.

In a caption for the video she additional clarifies how she feels in regards to the firm that fired her, writing: “I feel the laptop computer was greater than a good commerce #ihatecapitalism”

Another person within the feedback part needed to understand how lengthy she was working there that her firing elicited that sturdy of a response, they wrote: “How lengthy did you’re employed there?” to which Lyss responded: “3 yrs it was my first job out of school”

Whereas one other TikTok person thought the motion was “greater than truthful,” there have been some people who did not suppose that it was essentially the neatest transfer to make, like one particular person who wrote: “They’ll take that out your final paycheck, that was foolish”

Nonetheless, Lyss says that she had already obtained her final paycheck from the corporate, however did not rule out the chance that they’d ship her an bill for not returning the laptop computer after the actual fact: “My final paycheck has already been processed except they’re sending me a invoice”

Folks had extra delicate methods of getting again at their very own corporations for firing them, like one one that penned: “I simply soaked it in water…and dried and put it again within the field…”

And there was one TikToker who mentioned that they saved among the tools from their job as a type of “payback” for getting canned: “I saved my screens and docking stations I’m getting one thing out of it”

From the sound of Lyss’ response, it looks like she made certain to maintain one thing for herself on her means out as nicely: “Yeah I’ve extra workplace provides however I wanted to set free a little bit frustration”

Others supplied up different useful methods to get out of paying any potential payments that may come within the mail: “Simply say somebody stole your laptop computer out of your automobile. Gotchu”

This video proof would not look like it’s going to assist although, here is hoping somebody on the firm did not catch it. Both that or Lyss may simply outright refuse to pay it and hope that the corporate forgets about it.