An influencer has come under fire after complaining that she is “exhausted” from attending glitzy fashion events in New York City, as she compared it to people who work typical 9-to-5 jobs.
Carly Weinstein, 27, took to her podcast channel ‘Real with Carly Weinstein’ on Thursday and spoke to her viewers about the “things influencers don’t want you to know.”
She donned a strappy dress and looked freshly glamorous as she sat down and told the “uncomfortable” truth about what it’s like to be an influencer.
Weinstein, who has half a million followers on TikTok, said the industry can quickly “consume” influencers and leave them experiencing “burnout” that is no worse than that suffered by corporate employees.
Carly Weinstein, 27, took to her podcast channel ‘Real with Carley Weinstein’ on Thursday and said that influencers experience a “different kind of burnout” than corporate employees.
The digital creator added that neither job, influencer or corporate worker, “is better or worse than the other,” even though people believe that the work of influencers is “invalid.” (Pictured: Weinstein in a video showing off his outfit for New York Fashion Week)
Weinstein said: ‘As you’re in the industry for a longer period of time, these things will consume you and exhaust you.
“Yes, people get burnt out in corporate jobs, however, I think the difference is that we’re constantly dressing up, socializing, consuming content, like it’s a different kind of burnout.”
She added that burnout from influencing or working traditionally is “neither better nor worse than the other,” even though people believe that content creation work is “invalid.”
“It’s still exhausting to socialize with people all the time, every night of the week, going from one event to the next, especially when there’s no reason for you to be there because you’re not getting paid and no brand really guarantees they’ll ever work with you,” she added.
Weinstein, who frequently shares his daily life in New York City, said the podcast episode “might seem like a complaint,” but he was actually “telling the reality of the situation.”
‘Because even though things seem glamorous most of the time, they’re not.
“It’s like it’s a job after all, we go to events as if we were going to a meeting,” he said.
She highlighted the fact that most of the time influencers are not paid to go to events and are only there because they “want an opportunity to get paid and do business with that brand.”
Weinstein said that when she first started in the industry, she “said yes to everything” before realizing that she was only invited because brands needed her to post content on their behalf.
Instead of events, he suggested that branded dinners are more beneficial because they allow him to be “face to face with some of the people who actually make the decisions about who participates in these campaigns.”
Viewers quickly took to a clip of her podcast posted on Reddit and criticized the influencer for her remarks.
One of them said: “This is the stupidest thing you’ve ever posted on the internet. Are you really tired of dressing up in clothes that were given 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 that comes with it feeds the human ego,” said another.
And a third said: “I work in healthcare. This is so annoying. Holy crap, this is crazy.”
A fourth commenter wrote: “Neither one nor the other is better or worse” if someone who has never worked a day in their life says so.
And another said: “Doesn’t she realize that corporate jobs also require socializing for hours? She’s so far removed from anything resembling reality it’s insane.”
One commenter, who described working a corporate job for a living, wrote: “I love the idea that the way she dresses up before an event is the same as me, building a 75-page presentation, dealing with stakeholders, and doing drills before a big meeting to prepare.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Weinstein’s management company for comment.
She emphasized the fact that most of the time influencers are not paid to go to events and are only there because “they want an opportunity to get paid and do business with that brand.”
Throughout the week, Weinstein posted several videos on her TikTok page of herself getting ready for New York Fashion Week events.
“Another day, another dollar,” she said in one clip, dressed in a tight, bright red dress and black heels.
This is not the first time Weinstein has come under fire for his comments, as he sparked a furious debate after revealing that he stands up immediately after a plane lands.
In February, a clip resurfaced and racked up more than 200,000 views and showed Weinstein confessing that she was one of the passengers who stood up from 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, ‘You know how on TikTok everyone is obsessed with talking about sitting on the plane when it lands?
‘Everyone says, “Relax, stay in your seat. You don’t need to stand.”
“Yes, today I realized that I am the complete opposite and I will never be the girl who just sits back.”
He noted that he always felt like he had to get up right away because he felt like he was in a “hurry.”
