I work for a civil service department. Within the same department, one of the directorates cannot stand the main directorate. They almost see the main directorate as a separate entity and lesser than them, and see themselves as elite. So the culture created is that thousands of “elite” people are writing off thousands of other people in the same company…it’s weird. Ultimately to the public, it’s the same company and to the company, the ethos is that our goals should be aligned.
But the elite directorate tend to refuse to hire people from the main directorate, tend to gossip about them in meetings, tend to have a private club almost, make other colleagues feel like outsiders, bullying etc. My Aibu is should I keep quiet? Should I challenge it? As it’s public sector, it’s not like I would personally have much impact. It’s really strange to navigate. I would never have guessed my own company would negatively judge me for having work experience in a different part of the same company.