A power-hungry Karen tries to get me fired but it ends up all back firing and she is the one

who gets fired and when that happens she tries to sue for discrimination which failed

epically. Here's what happened. Subscribe to MI The Jerk on YouTube and hit the bell

to turn on notifications. A few years ago I started working for a heavy industrial manufacturing

company. I looked out and got a great supervisor from my boss, Joe. The work was hard working 12

hour days for 13 days in a row and then a Sunday off and then back for another 13 days. I was

young and I didn't mind. It helped my wife and I save up for a house. After about six months,

Joe noticed I was picking up on the work pretty fast and promoted me to a group leader position.

This came with a raise and increased responsibility that most other workers didn't want.

Joe put me in troubled groups in his department and I would work on general improvements and

figuring out the issues. This was a union shop and the mentality was to just put in your hours.

Don't work harder or smarter. Just do your time and don't kill the job. That was the unspoken

motto. After a few years, Joe was promoted to manager and he transferred me with him to his

department. While I wasn't a supervisor yet, I was the supervisor in all but name. The supervisors

loved it because they never had to leave the office and I liked it because it was a good learning

experience. I made a good reputation and got a lot of respect from workers and from management.

Eventually, Joe's areas were doing so well that he was promoted to plant manager.

As before, he wanted to promote me with him. This time to a supervisor spot. We talked at length

because the only supervisor spot open was working for Karen. Karen was female, a minority,

and a member of the LGBTQ community. She was the poster child on the company website of the

inclusiveness in the workplace. Literally, her face was the one that they used. She was also a

freshly minted manager and Joe was not confident in her abilities, but me being the plucky gogetter

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