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Originally Posted by rechu
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.
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I do remember the horrible situation you went through. I’m so happy for you that you’re better off now.
Our manager is referred to as “the communist” by some of my coworkers. That is part of the problem. People really are unhappy here because she’s so mean. She’s literally just a mean person. We are all under her thumb.
I guess I try to be friendly and positive most of them time and ignore it. I’m pretty quiet though so maybe people don’t even notice me whether I talk or not. I really couldn’t say.
Today I am feeling really down and being in this environment just makes me feel worse. I find myself feeling like there’s got to be more to life than dragging myself to this gloomy place every day. I’ve been in a specialty for about 20 years now so I haven’t found anything else I could do.
Thank you for your kind support. Yes. There are a couple favorites here. The boss likes them and not the rest of us. Everybody else has formed cliques and I’m just on my own.
I agree with you. Work is for work and paying bills... not for making friends.