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Originally Posted by FallDuskTrain
I am sorry. It sucks. I know. I'm still struggling with it. I have come to terms that I need to lower my expectations about professional environment.
with that being said, Yes, It is a very common behavior practiced in the professional environment in the US. Another reason can be because people, especially in the US, do not like to get into someone's else's drama and conflict or meddle into other people's business.
May be some people want to contact you but they think it is too early to do so. Maybe they are respecting your space and giving you some time to process it. Americans aren't all that bad. They actually can be very polite and caring. It takes a long time.
However, The substance of the problem doesn't change: one will not find social support in a professional environment, unless something major happens (loss in family, etc).
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I agree that it is common behavior, but I Have been at this school for one year, and I have stuck out my neck for a couple of the employees in other ways. I think I'm the type of person who will be loyal to my co-workers and support them, but some of them do not reciprocate. I just expect more from a school where I've worked a longer time, and I have had more contact with the fellow teachers.
My boss himself is the problem, and he is vindictive and punitive, so he would blame them if they showed sympathies with a fired employee like myself. I know they are right to be afraid of being labeled, but there are ways that they could contact me privately without the principal/boss finding out, and none of them have privately emailed or called me to offer condolences. It is just insult added to injury. I find in the American workplace, the only people who will really be there for a person if they have a problem--firing, divorce, sickness--are their immediate family (if they're lucky).