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A millennial who labored for a Michigan information station owned by Paramount International mentioned she was laid off three months after she moved to take the job.

On February 13, Gabrielle Dawson recorded the second a normal supervisor advised her that layoffs had been impacting her position. She posted her response to TikTok later that day.

“POV: You are 28 & moved for a job that fired you three months later,” she wrote within the caption of the video, which had over 7.8 million views as of Wednesday.

The clip exhibits Dawson becoming a member of a Zoom name with a normal supervisor and an HR employee. Their faces aren’t seen, however you may hear Dawson being advised they’d been requested to take a “nearer have a look at sources to make sure” they’re “working as effectively as doable.”

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“Sadly, this has resulted in your position being impacted,” the supervisor mentioned. “Please know that it is a tough determination.”

Later within the name, when requested if she had any questions, Dawson mentioned she was confused about her job being minimize so rapidly after being employed.

“Why put the itemizing on if you do not have the finances for the position? As a result of I uprooted my life to maneuver over right here, and now my job is getting eradicated after three months,” she mentioned.

In response, the final supervisor mentioned there had been technique and decision-making adjustments since she was employed and that it was a part of a broader companywide shift.

On February 13, Paramount International CEO Bob Bakish introduced that 800 workers could be laid off. The information got here simply in the future after the corporate shared that the Tremendous Bowl reached record-high viewership throughout CBS, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, and Univision.

Bakish mentioned in an inside memo that the job cuts would assist Paramount International “construct on our momentum and execute our strategic imaginative and prescient for the 12 months forward,” CNBC reported.

In her video, Dawson additionally requested if the choice to chop her particular position was performance-based, which the supervisor mentioned was not the case.

Customers flooded the remark part commending Dawson for standing up for herself, criticizing the supervisor for showing to learn a “script” whereas letting her go, and questioning how the corporate may’ve modified its technique so rapidly.

The corporate was conscious Dawson needed to relocate, she says

Dawson advised Enterprise Insider she was a digital content material producer. Whereas another TikTokers have included the names of their former employers in comparable layoff movies, Dawson determined to maintain the particular information station she labored for personal.

Nonetheless, she mentioned she was snug saying it was affiliated with Paramount, given Bakish’s assertion. BI has verified her former employment.

“Why should not I be capable of share my story and my stance from the opposite facet, from an precise individual that call affected,” Dawson mentioned.

She added that she was employed to work for the corporate three months in the past after present process “an extended interview course of,” throughout which she was requested if she’d be prepared to relocate from Gun Lake, the place her household relies, to Detroit, roughly a two-and-a-half-hour drive away.

Dawson mentioned she was provided “some cash” to relocate, however it was nonetheless a significant change for her to maneuver throughout the state alone.

“I made the leap, and it is my first time residing on my own,” Dawson mentioned. “I am away from my household. I do not know a single soul.”

Like these commenting on her video, she’s nonetheless questioning the corporate’s technique shift.

“Why submit a job solely to have me come for 3 months and let me go?” she mentioned. “I believe it is just a bit bit ridiculous.”

Paramount International didn’t reply to a request for remark concerning the layoffs.

Recording your self getting laid off is a brand new pattern, however Dawson by no means thought she’d be a part of it

Dawson mentioned her layoff name happened on her time without work.

“I used to be within the dentist chair ready for the dentist to return in, and my telephone was ringing,” she mentioned.

The calls had been from an HR worker asking if she may make herself accessible for a Zoom name with a normal supervisor, which left Dawson feeling anxious on her drive residence.

She mentioned she recorded the decision in case something she was advised could be complicated however did not go into it considering she would submit it on-line.

Nevertheless, it is not too long ago develop into a pattern for millennial and Gen Z workers to movie themselves shedding their company jobs. As BI beforehand reported, a few of these creators say their movies have helped take away the stigma round being laid off whereas educating youthful staff about how the method works.

“I am blissful that I did in a way as a result of it simply led to a chance to share my story,” Dawson mentioned. “You see a number of tales of individuals being laid off. I by no means thought I used to be going to be certainly one of them.”

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Dawson advised BI she was barely nervous to submit the video as a result of she did not need to trigger hassle however finally realized she had nothing to lose.

And whereas she mentioned she would’ve most popular if the layoff information was delivered to her in a “extra heartfelt” method fairly than on a Zoom name, the place she suspects the supervisor was studying off a script, she stays optimistic about future employment prospects.

A few of her household is telling her to maneuver again, however she plans to maintain on the lookout for jobs exterior her hometown.

“There is not something for me again there. That is why I made this transfer as a result of I felt like with this place that I had, there could be alternative and development,” she mentioned.

“I will be making use of for jobs once more,” Dawson added. “I am simply hoping for one thing larger and higher.”