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Am I the Jerk?

Toxic Coworker tries to GET ME FIRED for BEING GAY

Am I the Jerk?

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Society & Culture, Relationships

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

A toxic coworker tried to get me fired with false accusations, all because she hated the fact

0:04.8

that I was gay, claiming that she never would have gotten this job in the first place if she knew

0:09.0

that she would be working for an awful sinner, and I'm still blown away by this lady's

0:12.9

awful treatment towards me. Here's what happened. So back in the early 2000s, I was the IT

0:17.7

manager for a small company. In May of one year, I hired someone who we will call

0:21.8

Robin, the first female in our department. She was a church friend for one of the team members,

0:26.3

and he recommended her. I made sure she met the other team members and gave them time without me

0:31.1

present. I not only got his feedback, but I made sure that she had a good vibe from him before

0:35.7

I hired her. Everyone got along and things

0:38.2

were running smoothly for several months. The Friday before Thanksgiving, we had a company get-together

0:42.8

and everyone's spouses came. And that's when Robin met my husband. I left on Saturday for a two-week

0:48.2

vacation. And when I got back, my boss called me before I could even boot up my computer and

0:53.1

asked me to come into his office.

0:54.9

While I was gone, Robin accused me of being extremely inappropriate with her specifically,

0:59.4

if you know what I mean.

1:00.3

HR did their investigation and said they could find no evidence of it because it never happened,

1:05.6

but offered to transfer her to another department, and she just declined.

1:09.3

Then she said I was an incompetent manager.

1:11.5

Now, my style was to assign projects based on people's skills and interests, or let them decide

1:16.5

amongst themselves, who was going to do what if it wasn't that specific? The other two people

1:20.9

in the department loved the freedom and trust, but apparently Robin did not. My boss said that

1:25.4

she couldn't point out any specific request that she

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