The Quiet One Shut It Down

My boss fired me for being “too quiet.” Not for being late. Not for doing bad work.

Just… quiet. He believed loud = productive. If you weren’t talking or pretending to

be busy, you “weren’t a team player.” I kept doing my job anyway.

One day he called me in and said my silence “made the workplace uncomfortable.” Two weeks later,

he fired me for “lack of communication skills.” I walked out calmly — but I remembered

something important: I handled all our compliance documents. And the company was breaking more

rules than a GTA player. Fake reports. Forged documents. Underpaid staff.

Tax issues. Environmental violations. Illegal shortcuts on a government contract.