After stating how much more money she was earning in her new job, a Denver woman was fired. Lexi Larson, a technology worker from Colorado, revealed on TikTok that she had an increase in annual earnings from $70,000 to $90,000 since moving into the tech sector. But two weeks later, Larson was let go from the job due to supposed “security concerns” that may have originated from her posts on a Chinese social media site.
In a video on TikTok, Larson explains how she would make an additional 900 dollars per month at her new job in Denver, Colorado. She wanted to be upfront with her followers on social media to increase the number of people who saw her postings on TikTok. The video was one among several that prompted Larson to be “fired out of nowhere” because she talked about her pay on TikTok.
The Chinese company TikTok has been accused of spying on Americans by harvesting data about their behavior. This would allow the company to get to know the American people better than they already do, and potentially use this information for nefarious purposes.
“Basically, my employer found my TikToks [and] really, really did not like that I was sharing my salary,” she said. “They said it was a security concern because I could post something private about the company on my TikTok account.”
Larson inquired about the unnamed firm’s security concerns regarding her TikTok videos. They indicated to her that, at this time, it could happen at any time in the future.” Because she was upfront about her pay raise on Chinese social media, the technological corporation had no option but to “question my judgment” when I revealed my personal compensation information on the app.
The National Labor Relations Act does not allow employers to fire people for discussing their salaries, although Larson received a “calculated” phone call from the firm about her social media usage just days before she was let go from her new tech position.
When she disclosed her salary information on TikTok, she didn’t realize that she was stepping on toes because Colorado requires employers to post a range of salaries alongside job postings. She felt the money she was earning at the time was “public knowledge,” given that it had previously been revealed online.
“I did go and check their Colorado job posting after all this happened, and they do not have salaries listed,” she stated in a TikTok video.
Even though Larson wasn’t looking for a new job, the company allegedly contacted her with an offer that included a significant salary increase. She decided to take the risk and quit her old job – but now she’s unemployed.
“I also think salary transparency is important, just because that’s how you know you’re getting underpaid in the workplace, which – as a woman – I’m very passionate about,” she stated.
