What is 'Quit-Tok'? The Viral Job Quitting Trend That's Making Companies Squirm

Viral Job Quitting Trend That's Making Companies Squirm: After the COVID-19 pandemic, young workers are sharing their resignation videos online in real time.

As the TikTok trend spreads, more and more workers appear to be adopting it.

How does 'Quit-Tok' work?

Quitting quietly is a thing of the past. 'Quit-Tok' is the new rage among employees. However, companies are not happy with this new trend.

In some videos, employees film the moment they submit a resignation letter to their bosses and live-stream it on TikTok.

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A TikTok user live-streamed herself telling her boss she was resigning. “I just wanted to call you and let you know that I’ve decided that it’s time for me to move on,” she said to her manager.

In some cases, they are seen covertly capturing their bosses and firing them.

CBS MoneyWatch reports that the hashtag #quittok has garnered more than 41 million views on social media.

In 2020, a woman in the US shared a real-time video of quitting her job that made her miserable with a medical device company.

After a clip of workers at a British McDonald's leaving en masse went viral in 2021, TikTok is full of videos of employees saying: 'I quit.'

Financial Times (FT) reports that many of these videos feature young women. Tech workers and schoolteachers are behind many of these videos, but blue-collar workers have also posted such videos.

It is "natural" for young TikTok users to share their private chats with employers while leaving their jobs since they are digital natives.

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During a recent lecture at King's College London, Rachel Kent, a lecturer in digital economy and society, said the Quit-Tok trend is mostly about exposing what these young people perceive to be bad workplace behavior.

Many tech companies are already aware of 'Quit-Tok'. Former DoorDash talent leader Nolan Church told the Financial Times that some layoff videos have become an accountability mechanism.

In her role as an account executive at Cloudflare, Britany Pietsch filmed her firing. As a result of the viral video, the company's CEO apologized publicly, but HR professionals advise workers not to leave their workplaces in a loud and public manner.

The chances of being re-hired by your company may decrease if you 'Quit-Tok'.

It is always possible for your colleagues and managers to want to work with you again if you have done well, which opens up future opportunities that you may not otherwise be able to find if you engage in Quit-Tok, Neil Costa, CEO of HireClix, told FOX Business.

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