Occasionally, you may find a job that you expect to be awesome. Sometimes you will find a weird job title to consider like professional sleeper or full time Netflix viewer. It’s easy to assume if you’re ever hired to work for Tik Tok the job will be amazing, fun, and come with some good perks. Well, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism spoke to nine content moderators for Tik Tok and what they have to say is going viral on the internet while debunking that myth.
According to the TBIJ, Tik Tok moderators are hired through a third-party company called Teleperformance and are only paid $10 a day. Some of the moderators spoke of unusual requests and traumatizing activities on the popular social media app.
For example, a former TikTok moderator said she was made to keep her camera on during her night shift. She says she was also told no one should be in view of the camera and she was only allowed a drink in a transparent cup. Talk about uncomfortable. One of the main perks of working at home is the level of comfort you’re allowed to have versus working in an office.
Some moderators still working for the third-party company revealed to TBIJ, moderators must clock in and out and log any breaks on an app. It was never confirmed that their camera had to be on the entire time. Tik Tok nor Teleperformance have responded to the allegation.
If discomfort isn’t enough of an issue, maybe being traumatized is. A second former TikTok moderator says a video of child sex abuse was the final straw for him. He says the video showed a five- or six-year-old girl dancing while facing her back super close to the camera. Another night shift moderator was even more disturbed after seeing a video taken at a party with two people holding what looked like pieces of meat. Instead, when they turned around it appeared to be skin and gristle falling off human faces.
Even after reporting needing mental help from watching the disturbing videos, Teleperformance did not respond until two months later. Now the company is fighting against a lawsuit as lawyers try to form a union for employees hired by outsourced companies. Workers are demanding better pay mental health resources and the ability to form a union without intimidation. For a full look of the report head to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
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