Blindsided by rude colleague filling complaint.

[Jazzandblues]

I just started a new job and currently in training. I had a lady on my course tell me to shut up and singled me as I was not the only one. I stood up for myself and told she can see me privately for a chat if there is an issue. She picked on me a few other times too but I ignored it. I was pulled in to a meeting today where I was told she had put in a complaint. I was blindsided by this and she just attacked me with accusations which I told her respectfully were baseless.

I feel that I was too polite and might now be seen as the aggressor because I was too understanding (e.g put it down to her having a bad day or otherwise treating me the way she did because of issue unrelated to me).

There is also the fact that she put in the complaint and I had not raised any concerns.

Any advice? It may be going on my record and escalated to HR manager.

I’m amazed that people are suggesting that the OP was out of order when a co-worker shouted “shut up” at her across the room. Even if the other woman was shouting at the group rather than the OP specifically, it’s highly unprofessional to shout in a training session and tell other colleagues to shut up.