Much has been made about nepo babies in entertainment, primarily because they’re the most visible, but we can’t forget about all of the nepo babies working alongside us and passing themselves off as normal human beings.


@juliapennachio I’m ALSO employee of the month all 12 months out of the year #familybusiness #dontlaugh #funny #fatherdaughter ♬ original sound - Julia Pennachio


One such nepo baby recently took to TikTok to ask her dad to help her explain her job to her followers, and it’s a pretty silly watch. She works for her dad’s structural steel company as an executive office manager, and, in her own words, she “does a lot of functions on a day-to-day basis. I also get us a lot of business.”


Her dad is laughing throughout the entire video — each time she tries to make it sound like she’s remotely qualified, he laughs into his salad, which in turn sets her off. One commenter called it the “‘I’ve been c-suite forever and I made my daughter a play job’ laugh.”



Meanwhile, a Twitter user used the video as the jumping-off point for a thread about how “the heartland is full of kids like this,” who don’t realize they’re the beneficiaries of nepotism. Or as he wrote, “You have no idea how many dipshit, drunkass, $80,000 truck owning, family construction business failchildren I’ve had to deal with.”


@juliapennachio Another day at the office with dad #constructioncompany #familybusiness #structuralsteel #ootd ♬ original sound - Julia Pennachio


Others argued that the video was obviously a joke, and he was taking things too seriously, which is a reasonable assumption — it’s the first video she’s posted from her dad’s office, and while it was followed by a handful of other office videos, all of them are lighthearted and jokey, including one in which she tries to make her dad do a fit check with her.


Either way, the videos beg the question: Which is the more respectable line of work — TikTok influencer or nepo baby at a mid-sized construction company? I suppose if those are your options, being self-aware helps lessen the sting.