This is the viral moment with over 12 million views that an American office worker moves into his work cubicle to protest against the emerging cost-of-living crisis.

Simon Jackson, 28, shared the footage on his ‘Calm Simon’ TikTok page where it went viral with over 12 million views.

He said: “I am moving from my apartment and into my cubicle at work… They do not pay me enough to do both. So as a matter of protest, I am just going to live at my job.

“We’ll see how long I can get away with this.”

The clip shows Simon unpacking his belongings into work shelves and office drawers.

He explained that there are showers available in the company’s second building and that he keeps his food, mostly consisting of ham and pineapple, in the staffroom fridge.

Simon told Newsflash that he “moved in”•to his new home last week and sleeps under his desk.

After his video went viral, many netizens asked him questions such as “where will you go when you call in sick?” and another TikTok user told him: “I did this in 2014. It took three weeks to get fired and evicted. Best of luck.”

Simon told Newsflash: “I’ve saved money by living in my car in the past, but in my current city, I have no car… but I have a cubicle!

“I have spent four days here in total so far. Truly, I started this just to save money in between apartments and I posted the TikTok mostly as a joke… then it blew up.”

He added: “No one I work with is on TikTok!”

Simon told Newsflash: “As a way of saving money, it’s effective. I truly could do this for years if I wasn’t on social media.”

As for his stand against the cost of living crisis, Simon said: “I can’t comment on the effectiveness of this as a protest just yet, time will tell.”