I am sure you remember that I had a similarly bad work environment at my last job. The first year or so I had some good co-workers. Then my boss started hiring bimbettes that did not know how to behave in a professional work environment. From that point on, the situation devolved into cliques, favoritism from the boss that had nothing to do with people's actual abilities., etc. It was worse than junior high. I was at least lucky I didn't have to work from the office that much, but I hated it every time I had to go. Only two people from my department would even speak to me because they were sort of outcasts too. People in other departments were nicer, but I mainly had to deal with my department when at the office.


The best I could do was sort of detach myself from it and take the attitude that I was there to work, not to make friends. In my case, I wouldn't even want to be friends with most of those petty backstabbers.