An influencer has been slammed after complaining that she’s ‘burned out’ from attending glitzy New York City fashion events, as she compared it to people working typical 9 to 5 jobs.
Carly Weinstein, 27, took to her podcast channel ‘Real with Carly Weinstein’ on Thursday and talked to her viewers about the ‘things influencers don’t want you to know.’
She donned a strappy dress and was in fresh glam as she sat down and dished out the ‘uncomfortable’ truth of what it’s like being an influencer.
Weinstein, who has half a million TikTok followers, expressed that the industry can quickly ‘consume’ influencers and make them experience a ‘burn out’ that is no worse than what corporate employees struggle with.
Carly Weinstein, 27, took to her podcast channel ‘Real with Carley Weinstein’ on Thursday and expressed that influencers experience a ‘different type of burn out’ than corporate employees
The digital creator added that neither jobs – an influencer or a corporate worker – ‘are better or worse than the other,’ even though people believe influencers’ work is ‘invalid.’ (pictured: Weinstein in a video showing off her outfit for New York Fashion Week)
Weinstein said: ‘As you are in the industry for a longer period of time, these things will consume you and you will get burnt out.
‘Yes, people get burnt out at corporate jobs, however, I think the difference is that we are constantly getting dressed up, socializing, taking content, like it’s just a different type of burn out.’
The woman added that burnout from influencing or traditional employment is neither ‘better or worse than the other,’ even though people believe content creation work is ‘invalid.’
‘It’s still exhausting socializing with people all the fr***** time, every single week night, going from event, to event, to event, especially when there’s no reason for you to be there because you’re not getting paid and no brand is actually guaranteeing that they’re going to ever work with you,’ she added.
Weinstein, who frequently shares her day-to-day life in New York City, addressed that the podcast episode ‘might come off as her complaining,’ but she was actually ‘giving the reality of the situation.’
‘Because when things seem glamorous a lot of the time, they’re actually really not.
‘It’s like it’s a job at the end of the day, we go to events as if we were going to go to a meeting,’ she said.
She emphasized the fact that a majority of the time influencers are not being paid to go to events and are only there because they ‘want an opportunity to get paid and have business with that brand.’
Weinstein clarified that when she first started in the industry she ‘would say yes to everything’ before realizing she was only invited because brands needed her to post content on their behalf.
Rather than events, she suggested that brand dinners are more beneficial so she can be ‘face-to-face with some of the people that are actually making the decisions on who’s getting on these campaigns.’
Viewers quickly flooded under a clip of her podcast posted on Reddit and slammed the influencer for her points.
One said: ‘This is the dumbest thing she’s ever put out on the internet. You are really burnt out from getting dressed up in clothes that were gifted to you and going to events where you eat and drink on the house?’
‘Influencers willingly choose this job because it pays well and the social status of it feeds a humans ego,’ another said.
And a third said: ‘I work in healthcare. this is so aggravating. Holy f**k this is insane.’
A fourth commenter wrote: ‘”Neither are better or worse” rich coming from someone who has never worked a day in their life.’
And another said: ‘Does she not realize corporate jobs also require socializing for hours?? She is so far removed from anything resembling reality it’s insane.’
One commenter, who described that she had a corporate job for a living, wrote: ‘I love the idea that her getting glam before an event is the same as me building a 75 page deck, wrangling stakeholders, and doing dry runs before a big meeting to prep.’
DailyMail.com contacted Weinstein’s management firm for comment.
She emphasized the fact that a majority of the time influencers are not being paid to go to events and are only there because they ‘want an opportunity to get paid and have business with that brand
Throughout the week Weinstein posted several videos to her TikTok page of her getting ready for New York Fashion Week events.
‘Another day, another dollar,’ she said in one clip, dressed in a bright red bodycon dress and black heels.
This is not the first time Weinstein has been in the hot seat for her comments, as she sparked a furious debate after revealing that she immediately stands up after a plane lands.
In February, a resurfaced clip that amassed more than 200,000 views showed Weinstein confessing that she was one of the passengers who shot up out of their seats as soon as the plane landed, while others waited for the doors to open before doing the same.
She captioned the clip: ‘Please someone tell me I’m not alone in this.’
At the beginning of the video, Carly said: ‘Do you guys know how like, on TikTok, everyone’s obsessed with talking about, like, sitting on the plane when the plane lands?
‘Like, everyone’s like, “Chill out, just stay in your seat. You don’t need to be standing up.”
‘Yeah, I realized today that I am the complete opposite of that, and I will never be the girl that just sits.’
She noted that she always felt like she had to stand up right away because she felt like she was in ‘a rush.’
