I'd appreciate some perspective on an incident which happened in my workplace today..I had another issue separate to this which was a complaint about something nothing to do with me but was taken out on me...so am wondering if I'm being over sensitive.
I am a professional, employed by a group and placed in a business, which is a healthcare business. It's a v stressful busy environment and I'm the only one in my role who works there. I am surrounded by/work alongside other professionals/colleagues who all do a similar role but different to mine. My role is fairly new, still being carved out & pretty individualised based on my personal skills and experience. I am fairly new to this role, though have been in this place for 3 years. For backstory, it is a notoriously toxic environment.
I have repeatedly been asked to do a task in this business, which other professionals who do my role in other similar businesses do not do. There is a query over personal liability with this task and my manager (remote to me) is trying to decide if I am covered to do it. This has been stated to my colleagues, they are fully aware but the task is frequently added back to my duties, and I remove it-which the manager is aware of.
Yesterday and today I went in to find that this task had been added to my duties. No-one had said anything to me about it, so as usual, I removed it. Went about my job. The business manager was not there y'day, but was today so I mentioned it to him and he said that as they were currently short staffed, they were under pressure and that is why the duty had been added to my list. I explained again that I was still waiting to hear from my manager and that until I knew the rules, I wasn't able to do task but sympathised that colleagues were under pressure and offered to support in other ways.
At lunchtime, a colleague who had not been there in the morning came in and very loudly declared outside my door that they all needed to have a meeting about X duty as the person who normally does it is off on Leave and they are all struggling (mind you-they had all finished their morning tasks by then which I had not). It was made v clear I was not included in this group, none of them spoke to me, this loud call for a gathering was repeated a few more times (just in case I hadn't heard it the first time) and off they all went. No-one spoke directly to me about any of it.
I knew they were going off to bitch about me. I was finished my shift at that stage so left, but the whole thing has left a v sour taste in my mouth and I just don't feel like I can ignore this-it was a step to far. There have been other things which have made me feel disrespected, and I have quietly ignored, got on with my job, but not sure I can or should do this any more.
FWIW-I also work in another business; same role, same type of business and the contrast is stark......I am not made to feel the way I am in the first place.