'She hired him': Legendary manager sticks up for scapegoated black sheep employee, helps them leave for major promotion

Have you ever entered a workplace, friend group, or any social group and been warned to watch out for one particular member? It's an unfortunate aspect of our social nature; we always need a group or individual to be "othered" to feel like we're "in."

While it's important to keep an eye out for red flags and not make yourself too vulnerable to possible exploitative behavior from these people (if what people say is true), it's just as important to form your own opinions. You might find that this person you've been told to be wary of is the black sheep for other reasons. Maybe they're kinder, have stronger ethics, or are simply better than their peers who have groupthink-condemned them. Sure, maybe they're a little weird… but isn't everyone?

I've seen these "Mean Girl" groups in action and seen them do this to a "friend," only keeping them around so that they have something to gossip about behind their back. Once the ousted friend gets tired and leaves the group, it's only a matter of time before the remaining members turn on each other, a singular target for their toxicity being the only thing that was keeping them together.

This is a story about an individual who was othered by their workplace; when their new manager joined, they were warned about workers but were surprised to find that nothing said was actually true. As it turns out, this worker was the glue holding the place together. So, as any good manager would, they got to righting wrongs.

Keep reading for some screen grabs of this brilliant story, which u/baka-tari told in a thread posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit. For more workplace stories like this, check out this small business that stopped servicing a longtime client at the client's suggestion.

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Posted by Brad Dickson