Federal employees are using TikTok to document their experience during the government shutdown. Eric Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images New York —

“Good morning, my fellow federal furloughed employees!”

That’s the start of one of scores of TikTok videos that have been posted by federal workers in the two weeks since the government shutdown began.

A growing number of affected employees — both furloughed workers and essential staffers who must continue showing up to work with no pay — have been chronicling their shutdown experience on the video app to educate other users about the situation. Some hope the videos might earn them a bit of extra cash, as they have no timeline for their next paycheck.

The videos provide a window into the human impact of the budget fight that’s largely pla

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