Hi. I’m going through a bit of a difficult situation at my workplace right now. I’m not sure if I would categorize it as bullying but it doesn’t feel great. I work closely with three other women who have all worked at the job five years or more. They are all close friends with each other. I am the new hire and have worked there almost 6 months. The oldest coworker is fine toward me but the attitudes of the other two range from coldness, subtle annoyance at times, or from the most aggressive one outright rudeness on occasions. I genuinely don’t think I’ve done anything to deserve this type of treatment and I’m done gaslighting myself that I was imagining their behavior. They are all what I would characterize as very gossipy. To be frank, I don’t like them. I am looking for book recommendations about people dealing with this sort of thing. Not necessarily self help, unless you found one immensely insightful (Nothing against self help, I just feel like there’s probably been a bazillion written on this topic). I’d like more fiction or literary recommendations.
I read Main Street by Sinclair Lewis a while ago, and found it had some interesting things to say about pathetic, small-minded assholes lol. Something like that or something very different as long as it's good.
The job market is not good, so finding another job would be very difficult.
by No_Independence799
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This isn’t a book suggestion but I think there is some joy in subtly fighting back in ways that won’t cost you your job. I had to do the same in a new job environment that was somewhat like The Jungle.