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Workers say ‘I quit’ on TikTok and YouTube

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Workers post videos on TikTok and YouTube to explain why they are leaving jobs before telling their employers. These videos, known as QuitToks, reflect “a cultural disillusionment with the promises that ride behind the world of work,” according to Ann Swidler, a sociology professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

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