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A woman was fired, and she thinks one reason is that she did her job too well (stock image).
  • A woman claims she was fired for being "too efficient" at her job.
  • She believes she outshined her manager, and this led to her termination.
  • Young workers are struggling with outdated hierarchies and a lack of managerial ambition.

A woman believes she was fired from her job because she was "too efficient."

Mariela Henriquez posted a TikTok this week where she said she had been fired the previous day.

"So I got fired from my job yesterday," she said. "And one of the reasons why is because I'm too efficient."