Sherwin-Williams fires employee for TikTok videos.

[castletonsnob]

www.insider.com/college-student-fired-sherwin-williams-paint-mixing-tiktok-2020-11

Tony Piloseno, a senior at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, said he was fired from his part-time job at the local Sherwin-Williams store for making viral TikTok videos mixing paint.



The creator announced his firing earlier in November in a TikTok video that's since gone viral, earning more than 6 million likes since he posted it. He was fired in late July after working at the paint shop for three years, he told BuzzFeed News.



"Last year, I started making paint videos at the store showing everyone how satisfying paint mixing could be," he said in the video. "I noticed the videos were doing well and people seemed to be enjoying on TikTok."

In case you need any more proof that most companies are run by out of touch boomers who still think this whole "internet" thing is just a fad.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Dude was making TikTok videos while he was on the clock, how did he expect it to go? It’s dudes like this that lead to “no phones on the floor” policies at a lot of places

[eJm]

I mean...you’d think if he was fired for a particular breach they’d want to disclose what that breach was or what the customer complained about?

Like, this is likely them being out of touch but reading the full story, something really doesn’t click here.

[Ben Wyatt]

At the risk of sounding like a dick,most of us work jobs where we either arent able or aren't allowed to make/post videos to social media while on the clock.

[Fade]

But is he still making tiktok videos.

[eJm]

Nov 23, 2020 20:45:18 GMT -5 Fade said:

But is he still making tiktok videos.

He got fired in July so the answer is basically “Yes”.

[Rolent Tex]

Yeah a lot of places have policies forbidding filming and posting to social media while at work...especially in the back of house. You’re basically giving strangers a free tour behind the scenes. Want a free tour before you rob the place? Here you go.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Yeah I actually totally understand why they did this. He's basically broadcasting that he's not working. Also sounds like he was using company property.

[chrom]

You're on the clock, you got more important things to do than making Ninja Cat videos

[eJm]

I will say that at the very least he wanted to use what he was doing to help the company in building up its social media brand which, whilst not justifying what he was doing, at least showed he still wanted to be there and it was bizarre when nobody would at least reply saying “no, and please don’t do it at work” instead of ignoring him.

Ironically, it’ll probably lead to the company realizing they were wrong and ripping it off in a month or so after this story because capitalism.

[chazraps]

Weren't his TikTok videos of the work he was doing? It wasn't like he was filming silly dances. He was being paid to mix paint and decided to make videos of the mixing paint to share his love of mixing paint.

I can see taking him off the floor, but give him the company social account.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

Losing your paint job is not the end of the world, he'll brush it off.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Nov 23, 2020 21:43:16 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Weren't his TikTok videos of the work he was doing? It wasn't like he was filming silly dances. He was being paid to mix paint and decided to make videos of the mixing paint to share his love of mixing paint.

I can see taking him off the floor, but give him the company social account.

He should have used common sense and gone to management with his idea.

[Spider2024]

No TikTok on the clock!

[eJm]

Nov 23, 2020 23:42:07 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

Nov 23, 2020 21:43:16 GMT -5 chazraps said:

Weren't his TikTok videos of the work he was doing? It wasn't like he was filming silly dances. He was being paid to mix paint and decided to make videos of the mixing paint to share his love of mixing paint.

I can see taking him off the floor, but give him the company social account.

He should have used common sense and gone to management with his idea.

He did, though. He approached management a few times with his ideas and also told them about how popular his TikToks were and they ignored him.

[Ben Wyatt]

Nov 24, 2020 1:04:57 GMT -5 eJm said:

Nov 23, 2020 23:42:07 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

He should have used common sense and gone to management with his idea.

He did, though. He approached management a few times with his ideas and also told them about how popular his TikToks were and they ignored him.

And then made videos despite not getting approval

[Glitch]

Nov 23, 2020 21:52:47 GMT -5 Sponsored by Groose Wipes said:

Losing your paint job is not the end of the world, he'll brush it off.

With the popularity of his videos I'm sure he'll have a Stroke of luck eventually.

[eJm]

Nov 24, 2020 4:52:58 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Nov 24, 2020 1:04:57 GMT -5 eJm said:

He did, though. He approached management a few times with his ideas and also told them about how popular his TikToks were and they ignored him.

And then made videos despite not getting approval

He also didn’t exactly not get approval.

Not saying what he did wasn’t wrong but if you’re a big enough company to not at least notice a potential transgression when someone has been contacting you about stuff before, you can’t be too annoyed when a story comes out months later painting you as a company not adapting to the times.

It all kind of doesn’t matter anyway, he got a new job, he’s still doing the videos and Sherwin-Williams will likely hire someone to do social media and not look like dinosaurs.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Nov 24, 2020 1:04:57 GMT -5 eJm said:

Nov 23, 2020 23:42:07 GMT -5 Ryback on a Pole! said:

He should have used common sense and gone to management with his idea.

He did, though. He approached management a few times with his ideas and also told them about how popular his TikToks were and they ignored him.

  When you've asked management and gotten a de facto "no", don't do that thing.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Nov 24, 2020 5:06:34 GMT -5 Glitch said:

Nov 23, 2020 21:52:47 GMT -5 Sponsored by Groose Wipes said:

Losing your paint job is not the end of the world, he'll brush it off.

With the popularity of his videos I'm sure he'll have a Stroke of luck eventually.

Hopefully he finds a new, stable career and doesn't end up working as a male Stripper.