If you’ve scrolled TikTok or Instagram lately, you’ve probably seen the viral Veronica workplace videos by @therealveronika_. They’re hilarious, and they land hard because they expose how bad leadership and poor communication sound from the outside.

Silence almost always creates more damage than the hard message itself. When leaders avoid the tough conversations — about layoffs, about budget realities, about cultural conflict, about change that will unsettle people — the vacuum fills itself.