College grad Brielle Asero who went viral after SOBBING about hardships of working her first 9-5 job furiously hits back at her ‘haters’ – insisting she was just ‘trying to be relatable’

The recent graduate who made headlines after crying about her struggle to adapt to a nine-to-five job on TikTok has responded to the hordes of haters.

Brielle Asero, 21, spoke with Rolling stone in defense of herself, she told the magazine, “I don’t even understand how this turned into a political argument when all I was trying to do was strike up a conversation and be respectful to people who work even longer hours than me.” ‘

The University of South Carolina alumnus posted a video earlier this month lamenting the reality of working nine to five, five days a week. In addition, she said, the commute required nearly two hours each way from her home in New Jersey to her workplace in Manhattan.

“Absolutely nothing to do with my job, but just like the nine-to-five schedule in general is just insane,” she said through tears in the original video — going on to explain that she found herself without the “energy.” was concerned about a life outside of work.

The video has since racked up 2.6 million views and counting.

Although many of her fans showed her support, her message was also widely derided in the right-wing media, with outlets such as Fox News using the clip as evidence that her generation was ‘lazy’.

“Several news outlets picked up my video and portrayed graduate students as entitled and lazy, which is far from the case,” Brielle explained to Rolling Stone. who also made it clear that she considers herself ‘lucky’ to have found a full-time job in her dream field.

“My student debt would make me feel guilty for not using my degree right after college,” she said.

‘I knew it would be difficult for me to get used to the schedule as most of my studying was online due to Covid, but once I was offered this job I took it as an opportunity to get my foot in the door and gain experience.’

“I didn’t expect it to create a media frenzy,” she continued about the controversial TikTok. “I was just trying to be recognizable to my followers, who also have to have a job with long hours.”

She went on to describe “haters” “flooding” her personal social media accounts with “terrible comments.”

She took a stand on behalf of her generation.

A video posted earlier this month of Brielle complaining about the concept of working nine-to-five went viral and sparked controversy as many accused her of being “lazy and entitled.”

The aspiring marketing professional described how ‘haters’ have ‘flooded’ her personal social media accounts with ‘terrible comments’ after seeing her post

“(Gen-Z) works just as hard as the people before us, with lower salaries and higher costs of living,” she argued.

She went on to argue that when the “standard work week” became the social norm, “people could afford to support a family where one spouse stayed home and took care of the mental load, the food, and the children.

‘But that is hardly the case anymore.

“And most people who are angry with me are just filtering out the anger they feel about the time they lost working long hours,” she pointed out.

“I just wanted to bring together people who feel this way to possibly make a change.”