A single mom claims her 60-year-old colleague got fired from her school job after she told her boss about a TikTokjoke.
Nicole Johnson, who was based in Minnesotaand worked for his eight years as a special education aide, blamed an "unprofessional" video she created and posted. said he was laid off from his job in May. Social media.
School names are not published.
In his follow-up TikTok video, Johnson explained the situation, saying it appeared after he posted a video of himself drinking Starbucks coffee with the caption. I come early because I have kids, but I arrive at Starbucks every day. "
Johnson claimed he was fired five days after posting the video.
She explained that she was called to a meeting with a human resources manager who printed a picture of her TikTok account on someone's phone.
"I put this TikTok out of her... I didn't want to think anyone was going to do anything with it," Johnson said in her follow-up video. Told.
"I didn't think I was going to be fired because I didn't feel unprofessional. It's not abusive, negative, or harassing. It's literally like, 'I can't get to work early, but there's Starbucks.' It's me."
The teacher said her school's human resources officer said the Starbucks video was a "slapping" of her coworkers and Johnson's use of the "FYP" hashtag was a "F***." He added that he claimed to mean "Your People", directed at her colleagues.
However, the acronym is used extensively throughout TikTok to denote the app's "For Your Page."
In another video, Johnson said his biggest struggle after being fired was not being able to "say goodbye" to his students. ''
