“Does my employer have the right to impose leave on me? », “I have a thirty-five hour contract and my overtime hours are neither paid nor recovered in RTT, is this normal? », “When should I tell my employer that I am pregnant? »… These HR questions are not asked on the flyer of a trade union or in the cramped premises of the staff representatives of the companies concerned, but on social networks. More particularly on the TikTok accounts of a handful of influencers who have successfully specialized for two years in advising young workers: Career Kueen (560,000 subscribers), Mama Job (573,000 subscribers), Daylitis lawyers (228,000 subscribers), Marion DHM RH (60,000 subscribers), etc.
The sheer number of, sometimes naive, work-life questions that are posted on their threads sometimes surprises the holders of these accounts themselves. As well as the large audience of the videos that respond to them, always light but informative. “In higher education courses, issues of human resources or labor law are obviously not addressed enough, comments Karine Trioullier, alias Career Kueen. Faced with simple problems, particularly during the recruitment process, young people find themselves lost. This fuels misunderstandings or tensions with employers. Something is missing between schools and the world of work. »
“Avoid the balance of power”
Among the topics that keep coming up in the nine months since this professional development consultant opened her account is salary negotiation (“How much can I ask? »), relations with the hierarchy (“I have a toxic manager, what can I do? ») or missions (“I don’t know how to say that I have too much work…”). “I give them elements of understanding of how the company works and I encourage them to talk about their problems with a manager, at the right time and in the right way. » She sees her role as that of a ” intermediate “ between the employee, management and human resources, “which helps a little to normalize relations between one and the other, to avoid entering into a balance of power”.
Same approach for Marion Ledéan-Durel, alias Marion DHM RH. “The knowledge of young people in labor law is fragmented, which explains why they are sometimes taken in, and above all that they fear that it will happen to them”, explains this 33-year-old labor lawyer. “Resignation, paid leave, salary, working time… I respond to their need for information before they annoy their employer with their questions, or enter into conflict with him”, explains the one who also works in a business consulting firm. In some cases, he sometimes recommends his followers to seek free legal aid, outside their company, to assert their rights.
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