Time to call it a day in a job I love?

[MaxPowder]

I love my job. Love most of my colleagues but am very unhappy at work.

We are a small company and my team is only 3 people. I am being excluded from team communications. I have to constantly ask for updates and then get the bare minimum. Meetings are held when I am not there, or when I am there but not told about them.

This was an issue several months ago so I flagged it, there was a thorough investigation into it and practices put in place to avoid it happening again. However it has slipped back and now management are the worst offender. I am upset that it has got to this and am preparing to ask for a meeting but ultimately feel that I have reached the end of the road in this role. I work part time as that is all the work there is available and this is partly what puts me at a disadvantage.

I suppose what I'm asking is: am I giving up too easily? Should I keep plugging away at this even though I feel it will always revert to this situation? I don't want to be a "snowflake" about it but it is affecting my self esteem and encroaching on my life even when I'm not at work.

I don't think I'll find a job I love as much but I do imagine there has to be a happier environment in which to work.

Had something similar. small team but management only wanted to listen to certain people, usually yes men. Hard to change this toxic bullying at management level (that is what it is) so maybe time to cut your losses and move on

Can you not ask the colleagues you love to keep you in the loop? Do they not realise you are missing from meetings? You seem alone and yet you like your colleagues. Maybe get them on board to mention that you are not invited. Part time workers do usually miss something though. Are you briefed on another day? Or just left in the dark? It’s an odd management style if you are.

The colleagues I like are on a different team. So work on the same projects but at different stages so they wouldnt be involved in meetings at our stage.

What happens at the moment is that, in a team of three, two are in the loop and one (me) is not. It feels like an uphill battle just to know where we are at work. The p-t thing cannot change as there is not enough work for extra hours.

I am rarely updated and then only when I keep asking. I have asked for a mtg with management though feel I am repeating what I said in the last meeting. There isn't much hope for things changing for the long term is there?

I’m not sure why you being part time should put you at any disadvantage. It’s not fair what’s happening to you by being left out of the loop!

Why are your colleagues not bringing you in the loop. If you are a team then management needs to step up, you are being unfairly treated.

I’d definitely bring it up again. How are management with anything else?