She Believes She Got Fired From Her Corporate Job For Being Too Efficient And Staying One Step Ahead Of Her Boss
In today’s job market, it feels like there are so many spontaneous layoffs happening in several companies, and people feel insecure about holding onto their jobs.
Sometimes, it seems as if people are getting let go for the most random reasons.
One TikTok user recently shared the story of how she was let go from her job, and she’s convinced it was because she was working too efficiently.
Mariela (@maryelloww) is a photographer and art director in Miami, Florida. In early February, she made a video about getting fired from her marketing and social media job.
“So I got fired from my job yesterday and one of the reasons why is because I’m too efficient,” says Mariela at the start of her video.
Mariela then goes on to explain that the day she was fired, her boss had all his employees in a meeting and told them they’d be having several meetings with the company’s director of sales to discuss some events they had coming up.
That was when Mariela realized that she had already finished everything her boss wanted to get done in several meetings with the director of sales.
“I’ve already done that work,” says Mariela.
“I logged into the website that they use to track events, and I saw that we were closing in April. I’ve already put that project into our project management software. I’ve already done all this work, and it did not require [setting] up bi-weekly meetings.”
GVS – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Then, Mariela alleges that she got fired after making those comments and staying one step ahead of her boss. She claims she was fired for being good at her job.
Mariela’s video went viral, and some TikTok users wanted more information on the events leading up to her firing. In a follow-up video, Mariela explains that this tension between her and her boss went on for months, as due to her experience, she was able to get most of her work done without her boss needing to tell her what to do.
Additionally, because Mariela was so good at her job, there came a period where her boss was “rendered useless” and would hardly show up to work.
“I would just do whatever I had to do,” says Mariela.
“I took on meetings and answered people’s phone calls, emails, and everything. I was doing his job because he wasn’t there. It got to a point where he now wanted to step back into his leadership role, but it was too late because I was already flying solo.”
Many of Mariela’s viewers sympathized with her and pointed out that many employees will get in trouble with their bosses if they point out how some aspects of their jobs are unnecessary or prove they’ve done more productive work than them.
“Succeeding in corporate [jobs] is really just navigating egos,” commented one TikTok user.
“Our bosses have to feel needed; otherwise, they feel threatened,” commented another TikTok user.
Have you ever gotten in trouble at work because of a similar issue?
https://www.tiktok.com/@maryelloww/video/7333986732901436718
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