‘This man has been advertising for y’all for free’: T-Mobile worker told to stop making TikToks—despite making them off the clock and promoting the company

Social media monitoring by employers is a newfound, though startlingly common, phenomenon. According to a 2018 Gartner report, “of 239 large corporations, 50% were monitoring the content of employee emails and social media accounts, along with who they met with and how they utilized their workspaces,” per Harvard Business Review. Sometimes, this monitoring can have …