Bitchy colleagues

[whatisforteamum]

I have a new role where person A doesn't like me so my attempts to be friendly are shrugged off and I'm given short shrift
Person B seemed friendly for a few weeks then decided to ignore me.
Which is fine yet we have to work in the same dept.
I find out B applied for my role so now everything I do is wrong.
A and B keep giggling and gossiping and looking my way which I chose to ignore.
Last week I overheard a comment referring to me as lazy which I'm really not so I pulled them up on it and said I could easily do said minor chore and have been.
The thing is everyone else is fantastic,the money is good and it is local.
If there were a real problem the manager could say.We now have a new one who is aware they don't speak to me.Realistically what can I do.
I know other staff before me left and went back to their old jobs.

Head high, friendly smile and keep it moving with anyone trying to be negative. Successful people don't have the headspace for that.

Ignore them! They'll get bored

I must admit I do go in cheerful it is just a brain drain as my last place I was well respected and any disagreements were soon forgotten.

Give them a good dose of toxic positivity and keep focused on your own goals.

I've had this before and there's only so much a person can take.

I'd be asking for a meeting with them both and the manager, and ask they straight what the problem is.

Personally I'd go to line manager and then HR. I don't go to work to be treated like that and they don't get paid to act like that.

Make notes of what has happened and how you reacted

Call them out on it every time

Refer to manager if it keeps going on

Are they civil- do they reply when you speak to them?
Honestly, you can only ignore for so long before you will snap at their childish behaviour.

Concentrate on building a good working relationship with everyone else, especially your manager.

Do not give these people the smallest excuse to behave badly.

Any specific instances of them being bitchy etc, make a note of what was said and done, time, date, who was involved. Once you have got a dozen or so instances, talk to your manager.

You can't "go to HR" because colleagues are giggling and/or unfriendly. The "lazy" comment should be called out (e.g., "You didn't just call someone lazy, did you?") But otherwise no, going to management about unpleasant colleagues just makes you look like a loon.

I used to work somewhere like this. It was awful but the bitchy ones were more than the 'normal' ones. I left eventually and so did they.

Sometimes no acknowledgement or short replies.
In the locker room usually silence.
We are all well over late middle aged.
I will have to request a meeting.Last time I snapped back I told the manager to just tell me if they didn't want me.
We have another boss who I want to see for themself.
It takes energy to ignore so much.

Guess I've been lucky.I normally get on with young and old alike.
I don't want to just leave either and hope I don't have to.

Passive aggressive bitches like that depend on no-one speaking out (or up for themselves). That's their MO. I'd be asking for a meeting with your manager. In the meantime, try to note down some concrete incidents with dates, to take in to the meeting with you.

Hadtoomuchsleep I agree.
Just don't want to pour oil on the flames.

Grown women acting like silly schoolgirls. How sad for them. Ignore them, I wouldn't bother making any effort if I were you.

It literally is like that.
If there is a problem with my work tell me properly.
I don't want to dread the locker room or gossips at work.I did say we are not at school you know.
I think that shocked them.I do have feelings.

YUK

just keep it breezy and professional.

it’s so upsetting though, awful beatches

How many other people are in the office? What is the hierarchy? Are you the same grade as these women or higher? How do you need to interact with them daily?

I had this once with some ladies who were much older than me. Turns out they thought l had grassed on them for something that l absolutely hadn't and it was such a small space we had to work in together, it was so awkward.
Eventually they got over themselves but op it is horrible.

All that time spent bitching, gossiping and giggling. Do they actually get their respective jobs done on time and to the required standard? Maybe they have capacity to take on more work.

Exactly this!

Well person A was off sick so B had to do all of her work.
No time for gossip so it was considerably better.
Also gave me time to step up.
I did here B call the manager over to tell her there was a free drink made in the vending machine she knew it was me as I was multi tasking and I'm the only one that has that drink.
It got thrown away.Waste of money and hardly worthy of a new managers time.
I know for a fact she is jealous as if I mention something she then does it.SAD.
Thank you for the replies.
Such a trivial ißsue that makes me feel like I'm stuck in school.

This is an HR issue all day long. It’s bullying. You need to report and escalate as needed.

I am new though so probably would be seen as rocking the boat.