I recently returned to what should have been a dream job after taking time out to look after family. My old boss looked me up and offered me a brilliant 6 month job with brill money - sounded ideal and seemed to match my skills LOL !!!! I knew on my first day something was not right - the other staff had already made their mind up about me and viewed me with suspicion. I put it down to nerves but they were so unhelpful and did not speak to me or help me if they could help it. Spoke to my boss after 8 weeks and she said I was being over-sensitive !! Duly noted and I plodded on ...... it got slowly worse until I was subjected to a vicious verbal attack by the resident 'bully' who I really did think would physically attack me. Anyway, I have walked away - I was so shocked at what I had encountered. My boss offered to change my role so I wouldn't have to deal with the bully which shocked me - they should have dealt with the bully first, but that was just the latest in a string of incidents which left me feeling uneasy. All in all, it was a disaster. I am heartbroken it has ended this way - I have been out of the workforce (except for voluntary work) for 8 years - is it really that toxic and dog eat dog out there now, because if it is, I do not fit in there anymore ........................