I'm a straight man who had a quid pro quo relationship with a supervisor for 3 years. It turned out to go a lot deeper than I thought.
I'm not naming names, I'll just say S for supervisor, M for manager.
3 years ago I got hired at a warehouse. Sweaty work, but the pay was alright for starting out and some advancement opportunities.
My 2nd day on the job I met S. S is a through-and-through macho guy. The type of guy would never ever expect to be into anything like this. Blue collar man's man. He was very nice to me and I shadowed him for a few days and one thing I noticed very quickly was that he made a lot of very gay jokes. Now, for anyone who's never worked in a blue collar or blue collar-adjacent setting, you might be surprised how common this type of humor is in those jobs. But S was going... a little overboard with it.
S was making comments about my ass whenever I climbed ladders he was holding, or bending over to grab things. I learned to mostly tune it out by the end of the first day (because he had definitely made several just on day one) but by day two I noticed something that made me very uncomfortable: I was getting bricked up at a few comments.
Maybe it was the validation? I never was attracted to men, and not to S for sure, but I'll never forget the first time I notice this. The comment he said was "damn, wear tighter pants tomorrow." I kept my back turned to him and just acted like I was laughing, but in reality? I felt my face blushing like crazy and I had an unusually hard boner. Like, the type that's difficult to hide.
It stayed like this for a few days. Eventually my shadowing period ended and I changed shifts, I wasn't seeing S as much. I'd sometimes see him at shift meetings but never prolonged contact. Months went by before... it happened.
I got a text from S one day telling me to show up to my shift an hour early because he had something he and M wanted to discuss. The usual anxiety came up, "oh shit, am I in trouble?" I worried about it all day, but when I got there and sat down in the office, S and M were all smiles telling me there was a new role opening up in our department and they thought I would be a great fit. it was a $4 pay raise and better shift time, and overall less laborious. I was ecstatic. I asked why other more senior guys weren't offered it and they told me it was because most of the other senior guys were already making about the same pay anyway and weren't interested in changing lanes.
Looking back, I know that wasn't true.
Anyways, after a 10~ minute meeting and discussion, M got up and left. What happens next is genuinely gonna sound like gay smut you'd read from some shlocky website, but this happened to me.
S told me I could clock in early and come help him with something in a supply connex. He said it would pertain to the new position and he wanted to get me up to speed. I noticed as we were walking out that a few of the guys I worked with kind of looked toward me and smiled, a few even laughed, but I couldn't make heads or tails of it. After a 5 minute walk, we walked in this connex that was empty save for a few pallets and old thrown out office desks and chairs. It was also almost completely unlit. This was my first indication that something was going on.
I'm a little foggy on this next part and I think it's probably because my brain went into shock. S went on about how he stuck his neck out for me to get this role, and it was because I filled out my work pants so well. All I knew was my ridiculously hard boner was back and probably very easy to see. I felt like I was filming a gay porno but this was real fucking life. Again, foggy on the details, but in the few minutes after that comment my pants were down, I was sitting on one of those old office chairs and my dick was in his mouth.
I came very, very quickly. It was quite an exceptional blowjob. Then he asked me to return the favor, and in the heat of the moment, I did.
I felt some pretty crazy shame for a few weeks after. I didn't see S for a handful of shifts. But I'll spare the longform. This was a regular thing that started happening. I'd get offered a raise of some kind, and within the hour I was swapping head with my boss. I never wanted to go to HR or anything because it was a mix of fear, and the fact that I was... kinda fine with it?
Anyways, long story short, 3 years on I end up in the same situation with M. That's how I knew it was a pattern. And I got M to basically spill the beans last month. He could have been lying, who knows at this point, but he basically told me that everyone in our department was in some way or another involved with this give-and-take. Mind you, a lot of these guys - M included - were older, masculine, old-school married men. I just genuinely couldn't believe what he was telling me and I'm not sure I even do. I just know that in that moment, I realized I had to get out of there.
I'm starting a new job next month, and as soon as I got word that I was getting hired, I handed my notice in. S tried to persuade me to stay, but I told him the offer was too good. He and M wished me well. It was so strange. I had had sex with both of these guys multiple times and it was just your average "good luck at your next job" exit meeting.
Part of me still feels gross for it, but honestly? I got a lot out of it. I ended up making pretty decent money at that place toward the end and even took a slight pay cut leaving. And I also have to begrudgingly admit that I enjoyed the sexual aspect. If I truly didn't, I wouldn't have gone as far as I did.