Girl who recorded herself getting laid off is still jobless six months later

After getting a short burst of internet fawning, ol' Brittany is now making three minute crying videos because no one is willing to hire her after she recorded her being needlessly combative during her layoff call.

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This one's near and dear to my heart as we worked at the same company and roughly same role that she got laid off from. If you recall, she went viral for throwing attitude at HR and the random manager when she was laid off in January:

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People then rightly called her out on a not so great attitude to put out in the public space, and instead of showing any grace she went about talking shite to people in response videos. "I wouldn't want to work for you either":

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Now she's crying (literally) on that TikTok vieo and on LinkedIn:

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I feel embarrassed to be posting this, but desperate times as they say.

It’s been almost 6 months since I was laid off, and I am at my wit’s end. The amount of conversations, interviews, presentations, and research I’ve done for companies I will never work for is beyond what I could have imagined.

4+ rounds of interviews for no job offer, and no feedback except “we loved you, but there was another candidate who just had a bit more experience”. Or “you interviewed great, but you’re just missing one small piece in your background”. And then I will see the same hiring managers or recruiters continue to post the job postings on their LinkedIn page. I don’t understand! You have an awesome candidate right here, with natural relationship building and sales aptitude, begging to work for your company and willing to put in the time and effort to understand and sell your product.

Discouraging, disheartening, exhausting, scary, frustrating. All words to describe this process and what I’ve felt every single day. I feel like giving up.

When the video went viral, I received literally thousands of “I would hire you in a heartbeat” or “any company would be lucky to have you” messages. Yet when it comes down to it, it has been the opposite.

6 months of no income has now begun to put me in a scary financial situation, and I am asking my network for help.

I may have gaps in my resume, and I may have short stints at my previous companies, but that does not deter my ability to be a kickass sales rep. As an account executive on your team, I will be beyond driven, tenacious, organized, curious, a sponge, resilient, and will become a top performer on your team. All I need is a chance to prove it. hashtag#opentowork hashtag#sales hashtag#accountexecutive

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Random things that annoy me about this:

1 She lives in Tampa, FL which isn't really a tech sales hotspot and is only open to remote sales jobs. There aren't nearly as many as there used to be so are highly competitive, and there are thousands of better candidates but she's not willing to understand this.

2. In her LinkedIn comments several people offered her jobs locally in not tech sales. She ignored all of them.

3. All the things she said in her original video are hallmarks of a bad salesperson.

4. In the aftermath of the video, people in her comments were pointing out there were better ways to deal with this and she made multiple videos all dolled up shitting all over them to ride her fame wave.

5. Layoffs are awful, but they're part of the balance you accept when you get to work cozily from home in a well-paid role these days. She's not special.

The job market sucks. This is a good reminder for me to step it up a bit at work ahead of layoff season.