I work for a large public organisation, and my immediate team consists of about twenty five people doing the same job as me, and two immediate managers. There are two tiers of management above them.
I'd always thought I got on ok with my boss, not best buddies, but jovial, respectful and generally a good relationship.
Earlier this year I had to involve the union because of problems with a client, and police were involved as the problem moved to outside work. My boss was gently criticised for her handling of the situation, but a solution was reached. That has been resolved now, and I hoped that it was just a case of moving on and learning from what had happened (safety implications).
I don't use social media much, but my boss is a huge fan of it, and posts a lot. She insisted on adding the whole team when she came into post as manager, which I thought strange, but just accepted it.
Yesterday, I saw quite a few posts from colleagues from a meal out at a local restaurant, "celebrating the team's success". There were about 18 people there, the majority of the team. I messaged a colleague who I'm fairly close with, and she said people had been wondering why I wasn't there - I told her I had no idea it was even happening! Colleague told me that my boss had arranged it and an email was sent to the whole team. She then forwarded the email to me - sent three weeks ago, and every member of the team except me is on the email.
I then looked to see if my boss had posted about it, and realised I couldn't see her profile, and a little more investigation showed that I had been blocked.
I've been on leave and had only gone back in on Wednesday, working with a colleague who is not a member of that team (providing cover), so hadn't even heard any chat about this.
It looked to me like I've been deliberately excluded, so I asked my colleague if my boss had posted anything, and she had, talking about "all of my wonderful team". I then checked WhatsApp as my colleague said it had been discussed on the work WhatsApp and I'm blocked on there too.
It feels like bullying. I feel like the only kid in the class at primary school who hasn't been invited to the party, and although I feel like I should brush it off, I'm surprised by just how upset I feel. I don't know what to do either. I don't feel like I can broach it with my boss.
It's definitely deliberate too - the email was sent using a particular group email address and I've been unchecked from it, the only one to be so. I feel gutted.