Hello!
It’s my first time posting so bear with me! I’ve been working for my employer for about 12 years but I think I’m being bullied at work. A new woman started in our office about 7 months ago; she’s 15 years younger than me. At first we got on brilliantly but she has started to give me the silent treatment for the last few weeks. I have no idea why; I have asked and she won’t tell me. Prior to this she started making little digs about age, was constantly trying to get one over on me etc, tried to make me look unorganised. She gossips a lot and is very cliquey with about 4 other women there. I can take all of this but I don’t know how to handle the silent treatment and it’s starting to take a real toll on my mental health. She purposely goes out of her way to make sure she talks to everyone but me and will ask everyone but me to lunch etc. I haven’t done anything to warrant this; we had a good relationship but I do think she’s jealous of the job I do, it’s the same band but more responsibility. Any tips to deal with this or what could be causing her to treat me like this? I’m very friendly to everyone, I have a lot of empathy for people and will talk to anyone so it’s not that I’ve left her out or done anything to her. I did call her out on some of the inappropriate things she was saying but the silent treatment has only recently started so is not related as far as I’m aware and I’ve never experienced anything like it. I have 3 small children and I’m trying to juggle work and home life but I’m constantly worrying over work even when I’m at home. It’s an awful feeling.
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Becky274 · 29/10/2019 20:47
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