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Apple Fires Contractor Over Viral 'Day-in-the-Life' TikTok Video

Lew Later

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Technology, News, Tech News

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:00.0

I don't even need it here live right now. Oh, so I don't even need it cuz I have music instead which is like that. Yeah, the audio version of a thumbs up straight into my years.

0:30.0

Been a little while since we were here. I don't know. I guess the weekend happened. We did one on Friday. Oh, did we? Okay, never mind.

0:39.2

It was like the quickest lieu later. Well, was it? Yeah.

0:43.0

Been about butt holes and stuff. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I do actually we call it a little bit of that. A little bit of that action.

0:52.2

I don't know if there's going to be any of that on this episode because I have no idea what will he do decide to select. That's the most important stories of today.

1:02.0

But it looked like it looking like he's got a couple of tabs going on. A couple of things to chat about.

1:08.4

Uh, he wants to kick it off here. Apple contractor says her day in the life TikTok video did not affect her status with Apple. Is this one of those day in the life videos will where it's like look how

1:19.2

awesome my life is. Um, it was a little bit more subdued. Oh, it's not outrageous. Okay, and it's usually it started off with her morning really. But it wasn't a bad look.

1:31.8

Those are good look. It was good. Yeah, no problems. It was it was a type of life somebody might might want. Yeah. Okay, here we go. Oh, we're going to watch it.

1:41.7

Day in the life. Oh, honestly, I was very excited. We're in the bathroom here. Well, excited to wash my face, gotten the shower. We're in the shower. We're in it. It was mainly for her to get ready. Yeah. Okay. Um, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

2:02.3

She eats breakfast. We were in the closet. Yeah, packing lunch. Yummy kale salad that I made along the cardigan. What you'll see, though, is that you'll see part of

2:14.0

Um, Apple's campus. And I feel like they might not be cool about off limits, maybe set up my desk and of course put on my flats. That's a hot girl tip of the day. We had a new hire. So we walked her round. Apple set up as keep pastry bar.

2:27.3

There's my obligatory mirror of it of the day. Actually did get some work done. And for lunch, the whole team headed out to a different Apple building. It was super cool. Um, we got some lunch. Really beautiful views there headed back to the office. I finished up my day working on the rooftop.

2:41.9

Okay. No problem. I, I, I, I, I mean, I know that this is a whole thing, right? That trend or whatever. Uh-huh. Can you do one of these by the way?

2:53.3

Oh, no, you don't know. I want to see that.

2:57.0

So let's start my day here. Um, I've been my own door. Just me and Otis just making a coffee. Yeah. No, people pay big money for that. You know, that's what people want to see really. That's where the big money. That's where the big money is. Well, we're missing out on a huge opportunity here. We need to see a day in the life of willy-doo. Anyway, no. Um, this is definitely subdued. It was mostly the the morning routine in the apartment. It wasn't really

3:27.0

Yeah. Like there was a little piece at the end of the Apple campus, but it wasn't much. Uh, but I, I assume people got got nervous about it. Because maybe there are rules around that. I don't know. Uh-huh. An Apple contractor reportedly found her contract unexpectedly not renewed after day in the live video went viral.

3:46.9

Uh, however, Boone told the birds that she was only trying to show other women of color that this kind of career could be an option for them. And that's helping Apple achieve a more representative workforce, the tech, girly genre of content and serve a purpose, especially for women, people of color, other, traditionally underrepresented groups in industry who hope to land a job.

4:05.0

Uh, is this a statement, this is a statement from her. My followers or people that would reach out to me or comment were like 80% black women.

4:13.4

That was important to me to be able to connect with other black women as well as encourage them. You can work in this industry. Okay. So then it gets 150,000 views.

4:23.2

And then because she was on contract, the contract is not renewed, which by the way, doesn't necessarily mean they had an issue with the post. It could just be that it was meant to be a temporary con. I don't know. That's okay. We have an update.

4:40.3

Yeah, also from Boone herself stated that there was no connection between the video and her contract not being renewed. She said that she worked the entirety of her contract period and remains thankful for career opportunities and growth from working at Apple and how that helped pave the way for the wonderful job I have today. So

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