Madeline Smith shared the video she sent to her boss at 4:30 a.m. to TikTok two days ago, where it has since gained over 4 million views.

In the clip, Smith told her boss exactly why she may not be able to make it in, but was still attempting to regardless—a fact that shocked many viewers.

“Ash, I’m not going to lie, I don’t know if I can even back my car up because the snow is up to the door, but I am trying but this is really bad,” she explained. The video showed the car completely covered in snow, despite her attempts to shovel it out of the way. Her attempts proved only successful by the car door, though it still seemed unable to properly open.

As the camera panned down, it showed the worker knee-deep in the snow as she attempted to free her car to journey to work.

A later video showed her continuing to attempt to shovel the rest of the snow, managing to move only the snow around the vicinity of the car—leaving it likely still too high for the car to move.

The video can be seen in full here.

“Even if you shovel it out, the street isn’t plowed, so you’re just going to keep getting stuck,” noted one viewer.

Smith confirmed in a comment that she doesn’t get sick days at her work and so was unable to take any for her absence. “I don’t have sick days sadly,” she wrote. “And I open at my job, at that point I called one of my co-workers and he said he made it into work.”

In the U.S., there are no federal legal requirements for paid sick leave, and guidelines permit employers to not pay a worker if they do not attend work due to inclement weather when the workplace is open. Employers are also able to require workers to use their paid leave for these situations too.

The video sparked discussion, and oftentimes outrage, at the attitude in the U.S. towards attending work in extreme situations—often due to the pressures of losing out on salary.

“I really wish the American workforce didn’t make us feel like we need to risk our safety for the sake of their material gain,” wrote one user.

“Not worth it! Ask your boss to get you if it’s that urgent. Recently learned totaling my car on black ice was not worth the $60 I make a day,” added another.

One TikTok user recalled a similar situation, writing: “I called and said I was snowed in and they 1) asked if I could walk in and 2) asked if I could ride my horse in.”