TikToker Fired for Viral Paint Mixing Videos Gets New Job | NowThis

This TikToker was fired from his job after he viral for his paint-mixing videos - luckily, several companies lined up to hire him for his creativity.
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[@scorpleeon]

I’m a marketing director, the one that didn’t want to see his presentation clearly didn’t get it’s always digital first now.

[@perlalopez206]

They should've at least looked at his presentation, but I would not want someone who's putting actual food and drink in the products to promote the company because it looks cool. Sooner or later customers are going to want to do that too, so if the company can't provide them that then they will get a lot of angry customers. It is better to avoid those situations than to have him promote things that can't or shouldn't be done.

[@mem1701movies]

@@perlalopez206 yeah... how dumb people are they would probably start drinking the paint

[@bachtiari8960]

It's not about what you want, it's about what the customers want. You should be fired from the marketing department lol😂👎

[@bachtiari8960]

@Morahman7vnNo2 did you meant the middle manager ? As as start up owner, if I found such a middle manager, I will fire em... I will do anything to get more customers

[@NickanM]

@@bachtiari8960 Exactly. Digital attention is neccessary these days. And why not put up a phone line to this guy and transfer customers who have seen his videos so he could answer their questions? That would been a no brainer for me if I was the company owner, since people would buy the brand the guy was using.

[@user-gz5ss4ff4l]

"If you're not being exploited, you're not working for us." "If you're enjoying your work, you're not working for us."

[@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3]

Sounds like something a dictator would say

[@applerizal5175]

then they get shot by you..🙄

[@daynee26]

Says by Kim Jong Un 😆

[@wilhelm_kr4216]

Still got your grampa's cut eh?

[@MooGAINZ]

Oh my it’s really Kim Jong Un!

[@isarose1237]

The fact that the VP didn't even give his presentation a chance just goes to show how much they undervalued him. I'm glad he's somewhere else now, where they seem to appreciate him a lot more.

[@theshanamaster]

This goes to show how much the us system of education failed the VP in the creativity department because they were soo concerned at the time for working class but thats leading to the downfall of many higher companies today, creativity.

[@mr.knight5604]

Out of touch old dudes

[@MrLazlness]

I hope the vp becomes homeless one day

[@noobscoopsies1100]

Looks like those companies is running in the hand by some old dudes who dont know How big the potential is

[@rorschacht8478]

@@MrLazlness Why tf would you hope for something like that?

[@refinnej5302]

I don't get it. He was buying his own paint, so it wasn't like he was stealing and it wasn't like he was actually selling this paint to customers. I don't know if he was making these videos on the clock or not, which is an issue for some businesses. When people called, how hard is it to say "No, we can't put blueberries in your paint, but we can make your paint the color of blueberries and make it smell like blueberries (there really are paint fragrances)," rather than get mad about an employee attracting potential customers.

[@oooooo._.6195]

And since when do makers of commercials care about the commercial actually making any sense?

[@dOVERanalyst]

I'm assuming the amount of money they had to waste on customer service hours to keep taking calls and saying "No, we can't" was way more than they ever paid him anyways. So, the loss to company was more than gain. Initially he was using the company's paint (as per the video we all just saw). And he tried getting the VP Marketing on board to increase his role as company's social media team as well. For this category. To do what he did & make the company grow too. Company already has more orders than they can fulfill (I'm assuming). They didn't want to grow. So, they fired the cost causing ALL THE LOSS of customer service hours where they were paying for nothing. Because sadly we have still not developed a technology where we know what an incoming call wants to say.

[@raditraditz]

@@dOVERanalyst Nah, I'm pretty certain that the top brass of his old company is a bunch of old coots that doesn't understand technology, innovation, and also viral marketing, hence they doesn't even bother to see his presentation, since they don't understand about all of it, nor they want to know it. This kind of thing is nothing new, where a company that were run by someone older who doesn't understand technology is always lagging behind in terms of innovation, since their mindset is still "if we're still selling, then there's no need to innovate", which is bad for someone who's creative, like the guy on the video.

[@teethgrinder83]

Wait.....you get paint that smells of blueberries? Interesting-I ought get the paint brush out haha

[@Deafmandalor]

He didn’t start buying his own paint until after his presentation was rejected by marketing, maybe was grounds for filming without companies permission and using their stock. Sounds a bit odd though as I’d have thought extra marketing and promoting of a business digitally would be welcomed.

[@Vanessairene21]

When I paint my daughters room I’ll make sure to support Florida Paints!

[@SecondEvilEx]

Me too

[@darknessblades]

Maybe ask him to create you a one of a kind color.

[@lazynop7325]

@@darknessblades Probably not the Corona Beer... I wonder if it smells if it dries on the walls...

[@darknessblades]

@@lazynop7325 Maybe. But i do think he would use a similar color to corona beer.

[@MochaHammy]

You can get your paint with cherries on top! 😂

[@mindlessgonzo]

"How dare you have fun at our company and trying out new things? Get out of here! You're fired!"

[@naeonixion]

Our definition of fun isn't allowed.

[@juppheinekken3465]

You are being payed for working and not fooling around, you'll realize once you grow up and have a job for yourself.

[@Deme_Diora666]

@@juppheinekken3465 except he wasn’t doing it at work, it was in his free time with his own paint? How can you compare in anyway. They fired him for having a hobby.

[@Krystalmyth]

That fun is costing them massive bank :3 lol

[@juppheinekken3465]

@@Deme_Diora666 except that I was referring to this comment which reads "How dare you have fun at our company [...]"

[@sbrown7]

The fact that Sherwin Williams didn’t see this as a MAJOR opportunity for their company-blows me. Congratulations to him for going somewhere that recognizes his worth.

[@mintoo2cool]

Was it a good job ?

[@LeNoLi.]

They are doing fine without him

[@Gr95dc]

A company lead by old people who doesn't understand the importance of social media marketing

[@cuccicucci4480]

@@mintoo2cool Did this go viral after he was fired? Everyone gets fired for using product on the job. Fast food joints don't let employees eat all they want and decorate their food for tiktok either.

[@kenlyck1474]

@@cuccicucci4480 when he was using company products he was filming himself doing orders, aka actual paints he had to mix.

[@jakeleo4518]

This is how people and companies kill creativity and creativeness in people really messed up.

[@lacountess]

There is an active tendency to not let low level employees climb the ladder and get more exposure than management.

[@gayavardan]

Exactly. He is lucky he wasn't left feeling like he is useless, because when my creativity was killed by my bosses I felt like a waste.

[@jackraptor695]

Yep and mostly owned by boomers

[@jacksparrow3490]

@Xi Jinping these children on these comments dont understand anything. They want to recreate the world using blueberries on their walls so in a few months the walls turn black from mold.

[@MajinMist603]

@@jacksparrow3490 Go back to sleep in your nursing home . . . Hopefully your family will visit you sooner or later lol

[@grimdolo918]

"I love my job!" "Yeah, that kind of attitude isn't going to work around here."

[@brittaniiman5760]

LEGIT!!

[@ronnie3781]

It’s sad

[@misscleo378]

He loved mixing paint, which was probably only a portion of his job. He’s obviously creative, but he can’t use his creativity at the detriment to the company. He should’ve asked permission prior to making the TikToks and using the company’s equipment.

[@illumis_lost_killua7375]

@@misscleo378 He did it at his job at first they asked him to stop and he stopped then did it at home they had no reason to actually fire him he wasn’t telling people to call customer service about paint.

[@IConquer]

Hahahahaha

[@operez1990]

Sherwood Williams “Why have sales gone down?!?” “Uhhh, you fired the guy that gave us the exposure we needed to increase sales.”

[@CherrrE]

and then they went out of business because of florida paints well FLORIDIANS RISEEEE

[@JRandaII]

*Sherwin-Williams

[@heckno15yearsago]

He uses Tik Tok he deserved to get fired.

[@acobster]

You'll never *COVER THE EARTH* with that approach.

[@aprilvismanos3016]

i know some of us has a passion if hate towards tik tok (including me) but cmon bruh this is pretty cool. Still not using tik tok tho

[@320iSTWEdition]

Him getting fired was probably the BEST thing that EVER happened to him. Now he's with the right company being appreciated for his knowledge, abilities and passion. What else could you wish for in life?

[@harleymommy4993]

That so true and when one door closes another opens

[@discoandben9313]

Looks like he was his old company’s best customer.

[@Jarmezrocks]

73 people realised the smartness of your comment. I dip my hat to you good sir on your outstanding wittiness 😎

[@Ren-hj5ph]

When company run by prehistoric businessman that didn't realize Social media is the best platform to promote your stuff

[@Yeoj444]

Reminded me of my last boss 🤣

[@Hijamerd]

Lmao prehistoric. They're going to be extinct soon

[@nicolen3177]

So true. They don't know how much you can promote your ideas or crafts to get recognition!

[@ilistentogirlinsweaterweat3664]

Boomers need to chill

[@Cosmiichu]

He wasn't promoting their company tho

[@anshulkkumar]

Bet that marketing guy is also fired after this.

[@Dyejob01]

Let's hope this company sees the light! And grows from the experience! I know I won't be giving them my hard earned money!

[@Cuban-Jo]

Doubtful, companies don’t really care about creativity or imagination. Most people in management think that everyone underneath them is stupid and have nothing to offer, when in reality it’s most managers who are useless.

[@pouchang1978]

@@Cuban-Jo Totally agree with you mate......

[@perriredd615]

Yup!

[@jerrelCbanks]

@@Cuban-Jo this is false, the simple truth is most people are too lazy or undriven to take up management positions and have to make tough decisions.

[@itsjustmlj7714]

that's downright stupid on his former employer..firing an employee,who could be potentially give them free ad.🤷. Florida Paints knw his worth better..😆

[@zeuxlaught2797]

he tried to protect him because tiktok is cancer

[@th1smomentisfate94]

His fans became a nuisance. I don't blame them.

[@BossKnight]

@@th1smomentisfate94 its still free advertisement, and the first action should not be to fire them because that would only increase the amount of mail your sent, of course a lot less nice to your other workers who have to read it, but the first action should be to tell them to tell their fans through a video or some other way to stop being a nuisance, and if they refuse to do that, then to take action

[@zea951]

maybe because a lot of customer complaints or stealing the paint or acctually sell that trashy paint to actual customer idk

[@digitallocations1423]

@@zea951 You and three idiots above your comment must be really miserable. You must be the sort of people who believe you're part of a corporate family.

[@rickardkaufman3988]

Sherwin Williams: "Are we so out of touch?" "No, it's that young paint-mixer who is wrong."

[@FitzIsBetterThanYou]

Ah yes, my dream job, a *pain mixer* .

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@FitzIsBetterThanYou Didn't notice it. Thanks for the correction.

[@phuchoang2023]

Was he not buying his own paint at first tho? The way he said "after that i started purchasing my own paint". Like he wasted his company money for fame on tik tok?

[@zeuxlaught2797]

tiktok is indeed cancer

[@klutzspecter3470]

I don’t think you’re supposed to mix beer and paint to make another color. I don’t know man...

[@quantumcontactee]

You know how backwards the world has become when people get fired for having a genuine, and in this case, creative, passion.

[@unchartedraider7547]

One that is 100% beneficial to the market with that

[@zakeID]

@AA Sharp i agree with you. Creatifity is not the problem, give other people problem is. Especially his boss

[@ripsaebri8082]

Literally 99% of jobs unwelcome creativity. They just want grunts to stfu and sweep for 8 hours. That's why I dont support 'fast food'

[@dawnsalois]

its thuh 'merikin way corporate way that is. joke on them hee hee haa haa

[@AB-ou8ve]

@AA Sharp Boo hoo.

[@-Subtle-]

Imagine firing an employee for getting customers to buy your product.

[@gamersite99]

Yeah its called “Dumb Management” lol...perhaps they thought “He’s only a painter, how good can he be”...turns out he’s really good at it & the company is blind to see it

[@bestcommentuwilleverseeiny5220]

@@gamersite99 The company was behined. If you're doing something better in the buisness world they want to get rid of you because you're a threat to their income. Sad how money comes before humans in this world.

[@jaykay5086]

Wouldnt it make people stop buying different colors and just mix their own?

[@gamersite99]

@@jaykay5086 : That is IF they are an expert in mixing different kinds of paint..which is pretty much hard to do and will take a lot of trial and error, and a lot of their money.

[@melissam6037]

plus even if they were mixing it themselves they would still need to buy the paint

[@jappiehogenberg1656]

This is a perfect example how most jobs want to control people. Creativity is frowned upon. But being a robot not

[@320iSTWEdition]

But it also shows how comapnies with rigid structures die out eventually. I don't think this company will be there in 2030.

[@Bolgavets]

The executives at the company are too arrogant and stubborn to accept innovation. They think they are always right and don't want any employee to step out of line.

[@phantomgg7790]

@@320iSTWEdition Honestly it's true, the best example is digimon vs pokemon, two brands with a very simmiliar idea. Pokemons head guys however knew gaming was going to be the future of entertainment and heavily heavily invested in digital games and card games, and now are one of the worlds most popular card games and one of the worlds most popular digital game franchises. Digimon was old school and stuck to strong story lines and toys, Digimon didn't necessarly do anything wrong, but a big part of being a buisness owner is knowing how to read the future and how times will change. Through pokemons head people knowing that gaming was going to be the future and investing heavily in gaming, Pokemon became the better known brand.

[@D4rkYT-Gaming]

Him: mixes paints Sherwin-Williams: and I took that personally…

[@bhumphries1360]

When one door closes, just paint the next one.

[@Triplemother]

🤣 Lesson of the day

[@olen.g]

Brilliant !

[@Unown134]

Good one

[@AKZILLA]

Why paint the next door when you could just open and go through it?

[@oiiwhosheee]

I see a red door I want it painted Black!!!

[@belza1239]

So 5 years studying marketing and they rejected a free huge tiktok exposure, i-

[@KikomochiMendoza]

Seems like a waste of a degree in Marketing or Communications.

[@harmonyherbertmandunya2199]

They were blind to the opportunity

[@Yggdrasilkuru]

Probably some old dudes who advertise in newspapers

[@dadz6364]

Marketing vp pride was shattered.

[@maorismurfnz]

I think we all know who the next person to be fired Is going to be

[@VyvienneEaux]

Sherwin Williams: “we don’t want anyone passionate about paint. How creepy!”

[@BrianVelez]

👆🏻

[@KarenWasherGrudzien]

@@BrianVelez TRUMP 2024

[@yourmajesty3569]

The last time I moved and painted my entire house, I used Sherwin Williams. And that is the last time I will use their paint after watching this.

[@qrazuriteguardian914]

Amen to that. Always been a Behr user anyway, but that was just uncalled for. Poor guy. Glad he's with a local company that appreciates his passion.

[@duckgo8755]

So Sherwin Williams was the paint brand?

[@RainShinotsu]

@@duckgo8755 Yes, it was Sherwin-Williams. The video's subtitles mention it around 0:24

[@kenfrost6305]

good man! my feelings exactly!

[@Brickyrox]

The whole of Sherwin Williams isn't bad, though, just one man.

[@m.a3157]

As much as I hate tiktok, this is wholesome. It's normal, not overdone, and full of passion

[@naia1362]

Why do you hate tiktok? It’s people having fun

[@choriamanah]

Have you been on tiktok btw? Because many people who hate it mostly never really try it.

[@FazeThruWallz]

@@choriamanah i like tiktok, just not the ones with random 14 yr olds dancing to some song I don't recognize.

[@Darling7.]

Me too

[@Darling7.]

@@choriamanah I have and I hated it.

[@cloudyheavens7776]

7 year old me using my moms shampoo to make "potions" in my bathtub:

[@acidroofproductions9378]

Ahh my people are here. I used to melt crayons in my easy bake oven to make new colors.

[@jemlyn67]

The old VO5 shampoo bottles used to have golden caps that looked like shot glasses and I used those to play bar tender and make mixed drinks in the bathtub. 😂

[@lexxymoo51]

If you're saying this is the same concept then yes, it's wasting lol.

[@kay-wj3jx]

i’m a teen and i still do this pretty often. i pretend i’m working at a starbucks or a subway or something and make wired things with different products lol

[@SocaNick]

I thought I was the only one who use to do this

[@a.j.391]

“911 what’s your emergency?” “Um, yes, can I put blueberries in paint?”

[@poolhall9632]

Florida Paints got a free Ad from the old company’s marketing team. 🙌🏻

[@Ender326]

“people were calling customer service and asking to have blueberries in their paint” LMAOO (1:34)

[@squarerootofmimi]

@Kanra Smith please dont say the r-slur :))

[@Anna-dy6gc]

@Kanra Smith because it offends the snowflakes on the internet 🥱 everything has to be so censored nowadays

[@xtira7672]

@@Anna-dy6gc So you think everyone should be fine with being called “underdeveloped” and having a mental illness when they might not?

[@ilya8132]

@@xtira7672 for me it’s also the fact that it’s derogatory for those with mental retardation.

[@essence9013]

XDDD

[@angm3348]

Sherwin Williams: "Why can't our brand connect to a younger demographic"

[@MordorProject]

VP probably is a boomer.

[@jazrulamirul45]

@Nunya Nunya Mad ?

[@helmholtzthemulewatson4763]

@Nunya Nunya You should know getting brand recognition though social media is a really big thing in trade supply and home improvement. I totally ditched my supplier when I saw how lame there facebook page was jfc not even one influence Im not gona buy my fittings and glue from some dinosaurs.

[@MrBoDiggety]

Sounds like he’s the “get off my lawn“ dude in marketing

[@Cindy99765]

@Nunya Nunya Having a living wage that matches the current standard of living sounds pretty fair to me.

[@jastat]

I guess the definition of "gross misconduct" is pretty broad in america...

[@supersonic7605]

Any definition can be very broad here in the states

[@kenfrost6305]

gross misconduct in this case simply means i don't like you that's why you're fired

[@HRavenfolks]

when your marketing team doesn't even know how to sell girl scout cookies

[@brawl8]

Damm he even made a power point presentation to show the economic impact to the company in a positive light. Color me impressed. Williams could have increased its sales for a huge profit. Guess they did not want a simple paint mixer Messing up someone’s career.

[@sperera5916]

Customer asks blueberry paint and paints with it. Then walls might get ruined?

[@brawl8]

@@sperera5916 What’s so hard about taking the time to explaining the risk and side effects . If his presentation included that and the gain off set the cost of adding a disclaimer . It’s still a huge win. This is an opportunity to expand the market. Not just for home improvement but also reach out to artist and give them a reason to buy their brand of paint.

[@djhowell5273]

@@sperera5916 thats why the company would have used different solutions included in the power point. Any smart business works with innovation instead of being crusty old dingbats

[@darkriku12]

@@djhowell5273 Companies that hire people like this who refuse innovation for corporate policies eventually just die. Same thing happened to Blockbuster, Radio Shack, Motorola, and soon cable companies. The people they hire are all self-important and literally kill the companies they work for from the inside. They'll blame everybody other themselves for it, too.

[@degenerals6127]

A lot of times people of lower categories in terms of their position within the company and given amazing ideas that turners the fate of big companies Take the example of hot flaming Cheetos .

[@nycomenic5275]

Florida paints hired him as it was good marketing strategy. Since he advertises them on TikTok so everyone will support Florida paints now as their such a "good" company. It's all marketing and advertising

[@MDeLorien]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@idiosyncrasy7703]

I mean that's the point. The company hired him because he needed a job, and what he offers to the company is exposure. That's how business works. It's wishful thinking to assume money is never involved. It's just that only some companies have the humanity to realize that their employees are human beings too.

[@sajid7039]

@@idiosyncrasy7703 Yeah idk what the point of this comment was. They understood the value of having a large platform like tiktok to view their company's paints on a daily basis so they hired him.

[@holmesholmes.8784]

@@sajid7039 he prob imply the company doesn't really care about him and just want to hire him for the advertise and money, when they might not that different from the previous company, not that i would know about it, but the original commenter seem to know a thing or two about the company that hired him.

[@squirrelhallowino29]

So what? The man is happy. The company is happy. And their paint is actually pretty awesome, can't make that just being a ''good'' company bud.

[@tiromandal6399]

"Friendship ended with Sherwin Williams, Now Florida Paints is my new best friend".

[@OzzyTheGiant]

FRIENDSHIP OVER

[@jamiegreig9699]

"Why were you fired from your last job?" "For mixing paint" "Interesting... What was your role there?" "Mixing paint" "..." "..." "... what?"

[@Youtuber33475]

@Xi Jinping I recorded videos while working and caused the company I worked for to receive an extraordinary amount of calls asking for custom paints that don't even exist. I also caused us to lose hundreds of actual customers because of the delay in response time due to my actions. I cant believe they fired me life is so hard omg

[@vincenteriksson4062]

"What do you work for?" "Mixing paint" "Did u get fired? "yep" "Why?" "I made alot of people call tech support asking for blueberry paint."

[@mrpickles7313]

1.5 Million Follows, creates a strategic marketing plan all for free, gets fired... Cue Curb theme.

[@spartan300zx]

Bum Bum Bum.......

[@kcbh24]

He was basically playing pretend on company time

[@screaminpman]

@@kcbh24 - Yeah! Who needs creative and ambitious employees? Everyone knows uninspired clock punchers are the way to grow your business.

[@kcbh24]

@@screaminpman not every person that goes viral is in the right.

[@kcbh24]

@John Daniels ooh, burn. You got me. 🙄

[@mawortz]

thats some stupid vip of marketing right there

[@dianedenham5259]

Hope that vp got fired.

[@Kuro-02]

Just a stick in the mud who was mad some kid was bringing the brand more attention than he ever could

[@wyldfantasies]

@@dianedenham5259 whats his name? Someone should send this video to him, or Sherwin Williams lol

[@debbyrising9328]

Perhaps the VP should be canned

[@almoess4492]

Agree with the other comments, that VP should feel like a dipshit. Social media is the perfect way to get your paint out there. 😂

[@beastmylife4928]

I bet the marketing manager felt threaten by his ideas.

[@bloc4473]

alright so i have a really good idea to attract custo- marketing manager : GET OUTTT! GET OOOOUUTTTTT!

[@damnoish]

Creativity without productivity is just wastage. Mixing five colours without an end goal of painting something is a waste of resources. If he did use these mixes to paint something, yes he was doing something creative. But if it was just to post on his channel and then dumped to sewage, it was both a massive waste, and harmful environmentally. I am of the same generation and i think we may have gotten it too easy growing up that we can easily justify wasting resources all in the name of creativity. There are thousand such videos where someone mixes random things, puts toys under the wheel, makes glittery slime, soils food and so on. Creativity without an end goal is insanity. And it seems too hard for most of this internet generation to accept. We have abundance, but we also need to preserve this abundance.

[@PinkiTadinki]

What an egotistical VP of marketing that company has. No idea is better than MY idea. He's the one who should be fired.

[@MrYohanez1]

When good people try to helping each other and still wrong .. 🤧🥵

[@note2tee]

He's probably fired

[@beth_9214]

I say the exact same thing!!!!! What a stupid VP!!!

[@screaminpman]

Sadly, that VP’s attitude is very common in corporate marketing. It’s a field that’s littered with insecure narcissists. I’ve run into quite a few. Best to keep your head down and start looking for new work immediately.

[@JinjiSayson]

or she

[@edmundmondo1682]

American Job: when you're too good and overstep your job boundaries guess what: You're Fired!!

[@OffGridInvestor]

And they wonder why other countries get so far ahead....

[@ghostieeitsohg]

LMAO

[@shahrikamin4699]

I don't think you understand. Mixing paint in a department shop wasn't good for him. By getting fired he got a much better job.

[@icecream-cl3qq]

@@shahrikamin4699 Ah yes this seems more fitting

[@cykesrevenge]

yeah he was "overqualified" for the job.

[@TheGoldenboyo]

This is like when Blockbuster turned down the purchase of Netflix in 2000.

[@alihamadqabazard2857]

Or Yahoo with Google.

[@adityawiryawan560]

Same energy really.

[@XERXESDOE]

You realize he was literally ruining gallons of paint?? You cannot put food in paint.

[@Odog-ub9im]

@@kgkomrin yeah but wouldn't that give people the wrong idea? There is a reason why you don't put food in paint

[@bruhkan457]

@@Odog-ub9im He does work with paint, so he probably knows what he is doing.

[@tiradomaribel9436]

He is like a "paint bartender", mixing! Wow!! So creative and motivated. Congratulations!

[@alexia2337]

"Why did you get fired?" "Oh people were asking for me to put blueberries on their paint"

[@zooted_420]

@That One Guy Who Didn't Watch Fate I was gonna say “well he was using the company product without paying...” but he even payed FOR HIS OWN PAINT for the videos and got fired for gross misconduct

[@Kuchen.]

@@zooted_420 he used his own paint after he got fired

[@edwardbach5538]

@@Kuchen. No he didn't. It says in the video that after his presentation got denied he only used paint he bought.

[@bitbit5598]

Also in Ohio employers can fire you if they don't like you, so I'm not surprised a jealous higher up axed him

[@DH-gq7bm]

@@zooted_420 he payed for his own paint but was still running that useless contaminated paint in the mixing machines. I dont believe he should've been fired but those were stupid useless videos.

[@soursyrup6065]

Old company missed out on him. Hope he is doing better at his new job. I'm happy for him.

[@caverys]

You probably won't hear from him after Florida paint messes him and leaves him stranded. The truth is, they received him because it will be a headline. He'll later start facing rejection unfortunately. We've seen these situations a while lot

[@chadcognac5626]

I’d imagine the president would like a word with that VP, likely at the the end of the day, on a Friday.

[@anilife6288]

I am pretty sure he got fired not because of marketing . He got fired because he mixed something that isn't suppose to be mixed with paint because it will change chemical reaction and the quality of the paint itself.

[@julabi]

He's not selling the paint so it doesn't matter. Also, he bought the paint with his own money. His content is just about mixing paint and then progressed to mixing weird stuff with paint.

[@brittaniiman5760]

Ugh, sadly this is so typical. During interview: “tell us what makes you stand out from all of the other candidates”. Post-interview: “how dare you try to stand out?!” 😒 this man is hella talented. So glad to see he’s doing well 💜

[@peanutjuice1748]

@Nick Milligan Its really people like you who refuse creativity and experimentation that always gets left behind. Goodluck being average, I guess.

[@darkknight097]

@Nick Milligan Where do you think so many different types of colored paint came from? You think it just appeared out of thin air? We'd be stuck with basic paint colors if it were left to people like you

[@NormallyImKim]

if the company was smart they could capitalise on his creativity. But they were too stupid to see the opportunity right in front of them. Such fools!

[@olouwi]

@@peanutjuice1748 dumping beer in paint to get clout on the interney is creative and inovative now?

[@peanutjuice1748]

@@olouwi If you think out of the box then yeah, that's basically what he's doing.

[@jonathanfoster4202]

Me tryna predict the result of mixing all colours together: "It's obviously gonna be black....i mean green.....i mean blue?.......i mean......LIGHT GREY WTF??"

[@queensrule4450]

Don't forget the metallic undertones. One just loves creative surprises.

[@iNVERTASES]

It was already half full of white paint.

[@andreal5445]

Any parent would be able to tell you.. that's the colour of muck their kid made after mixing everything xD

[@youmemeyou]

❤️

[@absolutelyrandom4978]

It turned grey because when you mix the primary colours together, they create the complementary colours. If you mix complementaries together, they make either grey, black, or brown. (Complementaries are like opposite colours) Ex: Blue + Yellow = Green, if you mix it with red, they cancel out. Here are the opposites: red & green, orange & blue, yellow & purple.

[@debuchen1]

The VP of Marketing at Sherwin-Williams should be fired for not being able to see this marketing opportunity for the company.

[@stevegarcia1796]

Showing interest and compassion would have kept me as a customer! Bye bye 👉💨 • Sherwin 👀👍

[@khi-jonchua985]

The truth was that the VP of marketing fired him because he couldn't stand the thought of this guy doing a better job than him at marketing.

[@Cypherdiaz951]

Good for him, we are all gonna laugh when the Florida Paint company starts blowing up on social media and translating the growth in sales... Keep it bro 👍🏾

[@hydrocarbon8272]

Exactly, they already got 1 mil views of publicity just from this vid

[@perriredd615]

Thats EXACTLY whats gonna happen

[@splainintodo4061]

The most insecure, least creative people in the world are in Marketing management.

[@nicolasfiore]

Not to mention, probably old folks with 20th century ideas who don't understand what today's world is all about. And it will happen to us, when we reach that age.

[@mikebather6688]

Cyberpunk

[@thereisnospace]

@@nicolasfiore it doesn't have to. its a mindsets. trying to be open to new ideas and respecting the younger generations things off doing stuff can make you the cool "old" boss. talking from experience.

[@datgroove2556]

@@nicolasfiore not all old people are old fashioned..

[@nicolasfiore]

@@datgroove2556 neither did I say that

[@wayne8797]

They fired an employee that is truly passionate about his job that he even made a past time out of it…

[@andresvelazquez5922]

Company: "so we have this very creative guy that is literally giving us free advertising of our paintings and using creative art to express himself in vibrant colors. What can we do with it?" Boss: FIRE HIM!

[@darlaflowers3640]

Tony: “I genuinely LOVE my job here at Sherwin-Williams!” 😃 Marketing VP: “We will NOT tolerate that kind of upbeat and positive attitude here at our company.. you’re *FIRED* “ 😡

[@alexanderx3554]

Makes sense logically, if you don't think about it.

[@concon320]

Alexander X, lol

[@olouwi]

He actually got fired for potentially wasting a lot of paint

[@evilhutdug4665]

@@olouwi I think he bought it himself, I think he got fired for customer questions

[@rocketpencil5948]

@@olouwi Not at all, he was using his own paint, he only asked to use the companys paint,which they denied

[@jaybestnz]

Sherwin Williams the bad guy, don't buy their paint, Florida Paint, the good guys. Got it.

[@ee-hangodfrey5204]

@Nunya Nunya He was mixing paint on his own time and was fired for it. The marketing team squandered an opportunity and put a guy out of a job all for what? They got calls about blueberries in paint?

[@mrsrussell]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bubsbubsoohlalaa]

Nunya Nunya he followed the guidelines tho..all his vids were using paint that he bought himself and mixed during his free time and he also said that his supervisors and coworkers were supportive of him too..it was the corporation that wasnt and fired him and he wasnt fired cos he messed up at work or treated customers badly etc..he was fired just cos some ppl were enquiring with customer service abt blueberries in paint

[@willyschwerin]

I'm not a bad guy

[@filonin2]

@Nunya Nunya

[@jholla125]

The fact that he’s a professional paint mixer, gave him credibility thru title/expertise. So when i saw him mixing those orange pills in the paint, i thought thats really how exotic colors were made.

[@helbergalinda9141]

The marketing VP is just mad HE didn’t come up with this idea.

[@breadfruitleaf1619]

No fr he could have took everybody’s job they weren’t feeling that

[@anonymousbrooks8194]

Honestly what the old company did was bad business practicing, this young man could have opened up a new idea of paint mixing for this upcoming generation and they basically fired him for it.

[@jj007104]

Sounds like his former director might have just been a hater

[@rainbowprism6242]

@@jj007104 cannot say I blame him. TikTok is annoyance incarnate in most cases. But this thing? That was cool. I wonder if he gives disclaimer about use of such paint.

[@PH10001]

Thabk you for keeping it 💯

[@rugr82day]

1.5 million followers. Not everyone wants to go the DIY route to get the color they want. They should have given him his own line of custom mixed colors. They forgot to look to the future.

[@adamaisy4318]

Boomers will not understand

[@bascal133]

The VP playyed himself.

[@ook3th3roo31]

yeah threw away talent, a devoted worker, and income. how theyre a vp is astounding to me.

[@i.t9390]

@@ook3th3roo31 nice eva pfp

[@lasergames1798]

I bet the VP is a Boomer that just doesn't get it

[@kamalaharry9514]

@@ook3th3roo31 I wonder what company it was. Most corps hire whoever and those whoever's in high positions don't know what they're doing. Their jobs are filled because the company has a stock in trade. It's like a banana republic for the sake of exploitations

[@darkriku12]

@@kamalaharry9514 Sherwin Williams

[@scottmills4164]

The only question I had was, is he paying for the paint. Which it sounds like he did.... so... seems strange to fire. Unless he had been warned several to stop putting strange stuff in the mixer. Or doing it during work hours.

[@hani786ish]

I just think it was selfish ego of the person who fired him. He didn’t want this guy to progress. Tough ! He’s got himself much better opportunity

[@ZOCCOK]

Imagine being so popular that your Boss hates you

[@ronnetteharvey2002]

Exactly

[@NorthCascadeshiker]

Same.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Plenty just hate people below them in rank. REGARDLESS. And other bosses are good.

[@xXWorldgamefunXx]

@@OffGridInvestor It doesn't matter if some bosses are good. We shouldn't allow a few people to have so much power. Where is the democracy???

[@RIXRADvidz]

Been There Done That, I was Employee of the Month my first month at a job, I was never popular the entire 14 years I worked and did an excellent job for that place. I found out that people actually quit going to that store because I was no longer there. I do believe in Karma.

[@neilburnside398]

Reminds me of the time Blockbuster laughed the Netflix guys out of the room. my kid: "... dad what's blockbuster?"

[@OffGridInvestor]

You know that when Enron started to "trade bandwidth" that ONE OF THE things they claimed to trade bandwidth to was a webstreaming service OWNED BY BLOCKBUSTER right??!! The tech behind it was too clunky and the internet was too slow so it died before it really started. But it's ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE blockbuster DIDN'T try that same idea....

[@DTG_LOCKETT]

@@OffGridInvestor at time streaming wasn't a good idea yet and Netflix was losing money so they requested a meeting to try to sell the company. Blockbuster obviously turned them down and technology eventually caught up with Netflix

[@darknessblades]

@@DTG_LOCKETT If blockbusters only had bought neflix, and let it DIE a slow death, they would still have a chance of existing today. Though they would have to deal with SJW's protesting at their doorstep, for having that one SINGLE copy of a Historically accurate documentary. that does not fit in with Woke logic. and no SJW thinks about renting that copy eternally just so nobody else could watch it.

[@purporchid8628]

@@darknessblades kudos on your unrelated edgelord behavior. Somebody got gifted a “word of the day” calendar this year

[@codybrookehanson2346]

It's fun chatting about the things we dealt with as kids and having my 9 year old look at us with utter confusion. On that list has been Blockbuster, dial up, and phone books 🤣

[@stevenARTify]

I hate companies that don't understand their employees.

[@BearMetro]

You're there to work within the parameters they set. How are you people even debating this lol, makes no sense.

[@anilife6288]

I hate employeee who didn't understand the product

[@johndeerex7589]

Companies will never care. You should’ve learned that a long time ago.

[@kennethakin6322]

You got a natural talent don’t ever let people suppress it because it’s a beautiful thing.

[@perialis2970]

i just hate how the people who watched his videos and asked the company “can i put blue berries in paint” “why not just buy blue paint” “because…”

[@luckysmom51]

I'm happy someone finally said it.

[@iseeyou28]

Exactly. The foolish customers who were trying too hard to be funny got this guy fired.

[@coolakin]

the point of customer service is to deal with customers....

[@afiqedwinabdillah2961]

@@coolakin ask stupid questions,get stupid answers

[@coolakin]

@@afiqedwinabdillah2961 okay but don't fire someone else because of it. he didn't tell anyone to call and ask

[@RayMak]

The old company didn't know what a huge piece of Diamond they have just lost... I feel sad for them. Alexa, play Coffin Dance.

[@ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz]

I swear to god you're on almost every video on my recommendation list

[@ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz]

@Tom Ffrost I wish I could make comments as good as his 😔😔😔

[@Livin4Him...]

Lol

[@adhyuthnarayan]

@Tom Frost No........it's the same guy

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

@Tom Ffrost m u s i c s y m b o l

[@sapitron]

the marketing director was defending himself. if the company detects that somebody can do your job better than you, they will fire you immediately. then you can not approve this initiative. it's a survival move.

[@yanna6815]

The fact that he wanted to help his company at first instead of just doing it on his own is awesome

[@timothythompson4144]

The VP of marketing was jealous this guy had more ticktock followers, they found a reason to get rid of him. Jokes on them.

[@andydietrich3689]

Yes I’m sure that adult working in the industry for decades was jealous of a kids Tiktok’s follower count 😬

[@gemini-vibes6118]

@@andydietrich3689 pretty sure that was a joke. I'd really hope someone wouldn't be serious about that! Lol.

[@KuariThunderclaw]

​@@andydietrich3689 Except the guy posting on Tiktok is an adult as well and very clearly knew better how to inspire interest in a product than the jackass who fired him did :)

[@fridaychinatown6172]

@@andydietrich3689 that's a joke my guy

[@juliakay6204]

Let’s be honest, that VP has no idea what TikTok is.

[@chocolat917]

“Um yes, hello. Can I put blueberries in my paint then make them into muffins?”

[@renee3356]

Omg lmao!

[@imchink]

Mold is gonna form on the walls

[@orlock20]

@@imchink Ah yes, the secret vandalism trick.

[@BobfromSydney]

Guaranteed to cure COVID right?

[@bruhkan457]

"Mistakes make you stronger" The boss who fired this guy: 💪😬

[@tepasatedelanza8000]

As a professional painter congratulations on starting a new generation with paint keep going foward🎉

[@RayMak]

The coffee paint is going to smell very very delicious

[@penguinlim]

:0

[@brendankiyohara771]

Reply if you are not a bot ray mak

[@wiva4707]

Bruh Ray either has a lot of time or is a bot. How is he in the comment section of all the videos I watch!!!?!?!?!?!?!

[@degenerals6127]

@@wiva4707 he might be KZbind who makes content and he might be in every video in hopes that someone will check out his profile. This method works pretty effectively and is not annoying to see and people shouldn’t be called out for putting an innocent comment regardless of their intention and I appreciate his ingenuitive way of making everyone not irritated and yet do the most irritating thing of advertising on the comment section. The algorithm has made it pretty hard for new you tubers to grow and ig this the only way now for them to grow. So It would be worth checking out someone profile by clicking on their picture and checking out their content. Have a nice day everyone.

[@kcbh24]

yeah. it'll smell like paint

[@mohmoh-vm9ov]

The first law of work place: the higher the rank of a person , the dumber he is.

[@vastadmist2258]

So fricking true

[@heatherofcrunchyleaves1519]

The stupidly obedient ones.

[@calilove6445]

Lmao! Facts!!

[@darknessblades]

Correction: The first law of a American work place: the higher the rank of a person , the dumber he is.

[@Relaxrecover]

When I need a burger flipped ill be sure to give you guys a ring.

[@ayetam_aye]

I won’t be purchasing Sherwin Williams anymore!

[@johnnyhaze4605]

lets gooo cancel culture!

[@zChipmunKx]

*cringe*

[@lobitome]

You never did, let's face it.

[@Lizzybsakura]

Lmao. That companies loss. This guy is smart. Big problem with some companies, they don’t know or understand the power of social media and how much promotion it can give them. Glad the new company understood this guys creativity

[@tur3xpa475]

I like how they rejected a Potential Advantageous Marketing Strategy.

[@20quid]

That VP of Marketing must be banging his head against his desk every day.

[@ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz]

@@20quid He might be banging his head because he also might lose his job

[@denizalgazi]

And the marketing expense was free!

[@lie01234]

He is using a app thats going to be ban, there is no way they going to waste time and money on something that not going to be here later this month.

[@20quid]

@@lie01234 It's not been banned, and I don't have tik tok yet I still saw many of the videos because they made their way to Instagram.

[@ZOCCOK]

What if everyone called the company that fired him asking whether or not can you put Blueberries in paint

[@RS-or1kd]

Find the number. Let's get that VP of marketing fired!

[@jadasimone5792]

And why would that be considered a "gross misconduct"?

[@Wordavee1]

What does it look like when it is put on a wall, seed and bits of skin sticking out?? Doesn't seem such a good idea!!

[@meselechpeter5847]

@@Wordavee1 but he did those for fun, he started with paint and paint mixing but people asked him for him to mix paint with other things so he did it for fun

[@javiernewsam8829]

@@Wordavee1 omfg OR just make a blueberry shade of paint??? If enough people call and ask why not just make the legit colour? Boom profit. It’s not always a dead end... just use your brain...

[@dingleberry3662]

Good luck man! You keep doing you don't let a few people stuck in there ways take away your passion for the industry.

[@SuperMaxCarp]

The VP of marketing that fired this guy should be fired himself. Look at all the bad press this is bringing the company and they missed it big time to have a bigger fun tiktok fan base. Multi billion dollar a year company couldn't not see the benefit of this...what a shame. Oh well its a loss for them. Look at the positive publicity this young man and Florida paints has now. You done lost your mind SW

[@sakurafalls2468]

Company: "Show some initiative. Think with us on how to improve our business." Also company: "We want nothing to do with your presentation that you have put a lot of effort in making."

[@ng_canadian]

VP: I’m not going to waste my time with your “social media” thing. We have to crush our competition Tony: *Gets job at a competitor and makes their sales skyrocket* VP: Haha... I’m getting terminated!

[@darkriku12]

Nah likeminded people hire likeminded people. The whole exec team probably laughed about it at their eyes wide shut party

[@jojomakes]

_Florida Paints_ was awesome for hiring, but to say that they’re considered a “competitor” is a stretch lol.

[@alalalala57]

@@jojomakes Don't underestimate the power of regional businesses and their competitiveness with national brands. If they play their cards well, they could really be a thorn in Florida. And that's one state lost.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@alalalala57 they can expand bro

[@Prebound_]

Who wants their walls to smell like beer and coffee?

[@bbeckyy31]

Glad to hear you found a company that is worth your time..fly high!!

[@beepbopboop7727]

So, can you put blueberries inside paint?..

[@namelastnamefirst4520]

I mean, do you have the physical capabilities of doing so? Then the answer is yes.

[@brawl8]

Pretty sure all paint started with fruit and plants before moving on to synthetic oils and such .

[@nadines6344]

Beautiful, good for him!

[@beepbopboop7727]

@@namelastnamefirst4520 But if you were to use it would it encourage damp, rot and mould?

[@scazermazz]

Only if you you blend too much of an organic compound in the paint. Lots of paint companies have experimented this way

[@bedinabebe4521]

He's a legit Artist. The fact that he loves his work & finds joy in it produces joy evoking products. Passion is a Goal! Congrats & good luck on your new job!

[@davidf6425]

Kind of wondering about the 2900 people that clicked thumbs down and how unhappy their lives must be. Quite frankly he has strong grounds for a civil wrongful termination case but the company sounds pretty ignorant. Best of luck with your innovative ideas! I think you may be on to something awesome. Stay true to yourself. Well done!

[@21LoDown]

I love my job as a Pastry Chef. But the company I work for does not allow me posting my work online. If I want to I have to submit a request to my supervisor who will submit it for the board to review and approve the social media post. My posts gets 10x more engagement than the company's. The social media director doesn't even consider angles, lighting and composition of the shots. She always has shadows of her phone visible. Policies I tell you!

[@lauren3010]

As long as he wasn’t doing this ON THE JOB, and using THEIR paint, I don’t see what the problem is.

[@cokedrinker941]

If he was that would be GROSS MISCONDUCT.

[@TheGhostManN]

He said he bought his OWN paint to use

[@SmithyWebermanJaegermanJensen]

@@TheGhostManN 1:27 only after they reject his presentation, that means until that point he just used company's paint freely

[@nocctea]

@@SmithyWebermanJaegermanJensen he said he was a paint mixer so before I think he was just filming himself doing his job. When he added food and stuff to the paint pretty sure that was paint he bought

[@SmithyWebermanJaegermanJensen]

@@nocctea The company he was on is a massive company, they use machine to mix the paint, not manually by hand like he did. That means not only he takes the company paint without permission and not paying, he also fooling around while on work time.

[@castle7689]

*The VP of Marketing knew his job was over if the company found out about this guy*

[@BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu]

Why would you want to market your paint this way? You're deluded if you think adding blueberries is going to give you a consistent color... or that the blue berries aren't going to rot on your walls... he already has to deal with the exposure to this stupidity. Please think in reality

[@castle7689]

@@BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu *This style isn't for painting walls, the same as painting isn't only use for walls, artist use paint for everything, so think in reality, that art is complex, so think like a real artist not as a common human*

[@BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu]

@@castle7689 bruh no "artist" is buying gallon buckets of paint in enough quantities to warrant basing your marketing around. This guy is good with a camera and editing sure. But I'd like to see him actually use the paint rather than (like what was shown in his friends basement) just having a bunch of useless paint sitting around headed for a future ina landfill zzzz

[@Jellygrass]

@@BeezyNgeezY-ul1nu I really hope all the paint he's been mixing is either donated or used by someone. It would be really a waste after mixing the colors and not using it.

[@ThechurchofMrBubbzMrBubbz]

It's a dog eat dog world. They'll do anything to survive, even at the expense of others livelihoods

[@atomseve9858]

I literally turned down a job at Sherwin Williams because this guy had recently been fired. The CEO needs to catch up with the times and realize that a strong social media presence is a huge factor for the success of businesses.

[@dannyphantom3686]

I mix paint at Home Depot. This guy makes it seem like such a big thing😭

[@cornchip9991]

💀💀

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Congratulations VP at Sherwin-Williams, you played yourself.

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

Like can we troll them on Twitter now

[@richverreault]

He was protecting his job, it's obvious he felt threatened by the idea as it is brilliant. All they had to do was put the legal jargon in the marketing telling people this is not recommended to add blueberries to their paint, etc. The VP would have gotten a small severance package and had to start looking for another job.

[@IAmSuzyQ]

@@that1nerdyblackgirl736 I would never encourage that. Enough is enough with all the trolling. People always take it too far and people get hurt.

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

@@IAmSuzyQ well they ain't stoping cancel cultural anytime soon, but anyway the social media team is just going to just block everyone who trolls them on Twitter

[@sterlingspots]

Karma working for this gentleman. He was having fun and not hurting anybody. Sherwin Williams loss is the other company’s big win. Keep mixing those paints, they are beautiful.

[@ChrisM-qo1jc]

He probably doesnt even have permission to record those when he works. There might be more to the story. Obviously he's gonna make his old job look like evil corporation but he probably spends too much time on tiktok and thats not his job. Either way, I'm glad he found the place he belongs

[@dOVERanalyst]

You realise that you're using karma in a very wrong way, right? I'm Indian. Everyone does Karma. It means action. Good karma leads to good results. Bad karma gets you to pay back in this life or later. Karmic balance worked for him. That's the word you're looking for.

[@LifewithBreanna_]

God helped him, not karma. Karma is a man-made idea/philosophy. God's word: a person will reap whatever they sow. To learn more, please read the Holy Bible kjv.

[@dOVERanalyst]

@@LifewithBreanna_ I never really get it why Christians like you are filled with so much hatred for Hinduism. Karma is action and Karmic balance is maintained by God. We believe in only one God. We are still accepting of various paths to one God. So, the Bible that told you to be so rigid, so hateful to other humans, that wasn't written by men and all your concepts ain't manmade now, is it? Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world. So, your As you sow, so you reap was obviously there in our scriptures thousands of years ago. So, don't try that with us. Everyone knows what came first.

[@murtaza6425]

@@dOVERanalyst it doesn’t matter which came first. The guy didn’t even mention you/ hinduisim, he was replying to the original commentar

[@nanlandy]

I don't think paint stores like it when their employees put beer in the paint...

[@magnet1017]

you turn down 1 million dollars in exchange for 1 thousand dollars? weird

[@HJKampe]

@@magnet1017 You don't think beer in paint ruins it?...

[@qasim521]

There is a saying in India: "Very few people possess the talent of identifying a diamond." I feel pity for his ex employer who fired him and lost the opportunity to use his talent. Talent will always give you a job.