The horrific events unfolding in Ukraine is having a knock-on effect on the global economy.
The price of fuel has seen basic food supplies rocket within a matter of weeks.
Some people are struggling to make ends meet, and that’s deciding whether they have enough petrol in their tank to commute to work every day and food on the table.
For Chibuzor Ejimofor, who goes by his TikTok username Calm Simon, it has been especially hard.
What started out as taking a stand has lost him his job.
Ejimofor’s TikTok video went viral, earning him more than 12 million views since being posted a few weeks ago.
In the video, he shows himself living in an work cubicle, claiming it was a form of “protest” since he wasn’t paid “enough”, the New York Post reported.
@calm.simon Check out my new apt
♬ original sound - Calm Simon
He lived in the cubicle for four days without any complaints, or so he thought.
Since the initial post, Ejimofor revealed that his protest action didn’t go according to plan.
The 28-year-old shared in a follow-up video that the company he worked for, US design and engineering consultancy firm Arcadis, had given him notice with immediate effect.
@calm.simon Reply to @sarahlempa don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened #homingfromwork ♬ original sound - Calm Simon
Speaking to the New York post, he said: “(The apartments) were too expensive anyway, and I was denied a performance review by my employer.
“When I found my company had an empty office downtown, this was the perfect solution as it was close to all of the venues I frequent and it would be free.”
Ejimofor might have been found out. But after that video of his went viral, that soon changed.
He also claimed that when his TikToks were discovered, HR called him and demanded he clear his things from the desk.
Given a choice of either deleting his TikTok account or being fired, he chose to have his employment terminated.