Tasha Told Her Hospital HR Department She Was Resigning — On Instagram Live

Tasha, 26, from Atlanta, was a hospital administrator. Good benefits, stable hours, zero glamour. She’d been modelling on the side for about eight months when a swimwear campaign she shot in Cancún got picked up by a mid-tier fashion blog and then, overnight, by everybody else. The post hit 400,000 likes before she got to work on Monday morning. (She did not get to work on Monday morning.) The Instagram Live resignation was, by all accounts, unplanned — she was answering DMs and one thing led to another. Her HR rep watched the whole thing from his office. They’ve since followed each other.

Sophie Turned Down A Promotion To Take A $300-A-Day Lingerie Shoot Instead

Sophie, 29, from Manchester, was three weeks away from being made senior project manager at a logistics firm when the lingerie offer landed in her DMs. The maths wasn’t even close — $300 for one afternoon versus a title bump and a £4,000 raise she’d be waiting six months to see. She took the shoot. (Her soon-to-be-former employer found out when one of the junior staff recognised her in the brand’s Easter campaign.) That one shoot turned into a six-month exclusivity contract. The project manager role was filled by someone who, by all accounts, is very happy with spreadsheets. Good for him.