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"Light" harassment from a colleague

kimidare August 28th

Hi all,


At work things escalated in the last days. I reported my colleague who is hating me since day 1 in the company. Because from his point of view I stole the job from his gf who was applying too. I didn t cheat or anything.


It has been 3 years that he made a point to say "welcome" at my arrival to the other colleague hired at the same time, not me. Then ignoring me like if I was invisible at the office. Sending public messages without writing my name when he doesn't agree with my work. Writung publicly that it s a joke when I m thanked by other colleagues at a public meeting.


All the time without saying my name nor insulting me directly.

Now the human resources want to talk with me about it. His manager talked with me and found a lot of excuses for his behavior. Saying basically that I was imagining things.


I feel so bad, I want to sh. I don t think talking about this is making things better.


How to manage that ? Did you already went through similar situation ?

Just seeking for some support here



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healingsoul4892 August 29th

@kimidare

Im really sorry to hear about what you're experiencing at work, that sounds like such a difficult situation and it makes sense that you're feeling overwhelmed

If you haven't already, have you tried connecting with a listener here on 7 Cups? Sometimes talking it out with someone who understands can help

We also have some resources that might be helpful if you haven't checked them out yet, like the Work Related Stress guide, the Self-Harm self-help guide and the Self-Harm support community (Blue text is clickable)

Please take care of yourself and know that there are people here who care about you and want to support you🌼