TikTok User Loses Job After Living In Office Cubicle
Chibuzor Ejimofor, who goes by Simon Jackson online, reportedly lost his job after he moved into an office cubicle out of “protest.”
According to Complex, the 28-year-old went viral earlier this month over a video titled “Check out my new [apartment].” It shows him inside an office unpacking his belongings and placing them in cabinets and desk drawers.
“I’m moving from my apartment into my cubicle at work,” he says in the video. “They do not pay me enough to do both, so as a matter of protest, I am just going to live at my job, and we’ll see how long I can get away with this.”
Over the following days, Jackson continued to update his followers and took some time to answer questions about his
“Nothing that I’m doing is technically unlawful, it’s just frowned upon,” he says in a clip, before revealing a men’s shower in the building. “We got towels and we got two showers. C’mon now. I thought this out, baby.”
Jackson told Insider the Seattle office building belonged to Arcadis, a design and engineering consulting firm. He says the office was pretty much empty, while colleagues have continued to work remotely.
“[...] So I just thought, why not move there? I told my friend about it, who thought I was joking, but I started packing and just did it,” he said.
Eventually, Arcadis’ HR department presented him with an ultimatum after he went viral: either remove his belongings from the office and delete the videos or get fired. Jackson chose the latter.
“I wish [my former employer] approached the TikToks differently and maybe had a conversation with me about whether there was something more serious going on in terms of money,” he told Insider. “But do I understand their response? 100 percent. [I’ll] take the opportunity to get away from the corporate world. I’ve gotten so many views now, so maybe I can take that and work on building my brand. I can always find another job if that doesn’t work out.”
Jackson is now living in an AirBnB.
