People, this is a video that you’re going to want to pay attention to! A woman named Avery posted a video on TikTok and gave viewers advice about how to do research to find out if they might be owed money by the federal government. She explained, “I just found out that if you go …
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‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Viewers slam Kellogg’s CEO after he advertised cereal for dinner to make meals ‘more affordable’
Recently, WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick attracted controversy after claiming that, at a time when many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, those in search of a cheap meal might want to consider eating cereal for dinner. “If you think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do, …
‘That looks like my $5 Xmas tree from 5Below’: Family Dollar shopper buys Christmas tree for $45. It’s not as advertised
In another case of “What I bought vs. What I got,” a mother shares her disappointment after unboxing a Christmas tree from Family Dollar. This isn’t the first time a person has been let down by advertisements that don’t match the quality and look of a product. The internet is full of videos of people …
‘They’re flat-out lying’: Customer calls out Abercrombie after they advertised a 100% polyester coat as wool
In a TikTok video that grabbed the attention of over one million viewers, Hannah Ganshaw (@hannahganshaw) calls out Abercrombie & Fitch for what she describes as deceptive product labeling. Her video was in response to another TikTok user Meredith’s (@meredithmlynch) video exposing Ramy Brook for selling a polyester dress for $445 and not listing materials …
A Mattel Honcho Is Assuring People That Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘Barney’ Movie Will Not Be As ‘Odd’ As Advertised
Hit Entertainment Mattel is sitting pretty at the movies these days. After all, they’re responsible for the year’s biggest cinematic money-gobbler. Barbie is still, after 11 weeks, hovering in the Top 10 on the North American box office charts, and the toy company already has a bunch of other movies on the pike. One is …
‘This is illegal.’ A Woman Got A Job That Was Advertised At $22.50/Hour But It Paid $7 Less At Orientation
Talk about false advertising, huh? A woman posted a video on TikTok and told viewers that she was hired as a security guard expecting to make $22.50 an hour and that she was told during her orientation that she’d only be making $15.50. The text overlay on her video reads, “POV: when a job says …
‘Me when I applied for Amazon’: Worker says job was advertised at $22.50 an hour. It was much less once she started
A security guard expecting the starting pay for her job to be $22.50 an hour was surprised to learn that the job was actually paying $15.50 an hour—revealed during her orientation. That’s the premise of the TikTok video created by Atlanta-area user Lae (@iamlae2u), getting more than 675,000 views as of Monday morning. Most of …
‘$34k is a ridiculous pay gap’: Job hunter says job offered her 80K. The role was advertised as $74K to $110K
In a viral TikTok, a job hunter shared her frustrating email exchange with a recruiter who wasn’t transparent about the role’s pay range. The TikTok carousel, posted by @lunawrites974, included screenshots of the email exchanges between the worker and the recruiter. According to the screenshots, the interaction started off pleasantly enough, with a recruiter reaching …
‘I literally got told I was wasting their time’: Worker says new job was falsely advertised. She gets fired after calling them out on it
An Australian worker’s TikToks went viral with a series of videos about how she was fired for complaining that her position was falsely advertised. TikToker Nat (@trial_and_error) posted the series, describing how she lost her job when she chose to stand up for herself. The videos have garnered over 65,000 views as of Monday. @trial_and_error …
‘I had to cut the whole outfit off my literal body’: Woman rips zipper out of her skin after trying on jumper advertised as ‘one size fits up to 3X’
A plus-sized influencer says that after trying on a jumpsuit that was supposed to be “one size fits up to 3X,” she got stuck and had to cut the zipper out of her skin. In a TikTok posted on Sunday, Phaith Montoya, a TikToker whose content focuses on plus-size fashion, says through tears that the …
‘It’s very misleading’: Woman sober for 3 years says beverage advertised as ‘alcohol-free’ contained traces of alcohol
According to many alcohol addiction and recovery resources, non-alcoholic “mocktails” designed to emulate these beverages are generally considered not safe for consumption. And a TikToker named Brittany Jade (@brittanyjade___) highlighted a brand that advertised its products as containing 0% alcohol despite containing trace levels. She says that she only discovered this information after digging through …
‘They tell you it’s a marketing job but it’s door-to-door sales’: Worker excuses herself from job interview after learning it isn’t as advertised
Job sites are filled with offers for a career in ‘marketing.’ But how real are those offers—and are they really jobs in marketing? As job seekers compete for a limited number of available positions, applicants are sharing their experiences searching for jobs on TikTok. Frequently, this involves discovering some deception in the advertised offer, especially …