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How do I deal with coworkers who don't like me?

Profile: Kitty8
Kitty8 on Oct 2, 2015
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Kill them with kindness. I know it's hard. They try to make your work and your life miserable, but try to be the bigger person and hold your head high. Smile. Mind your manners. And be overly nice. Maybe your kindness will rub off on them.
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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Aug 31, 2015
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Be the extra friendly person so that they can see how you are inside. This will allow for them to see the real you and start liking you.
Profile: Kellyishere
Kellyishere on Nov 17, 2020
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It is really hard to work in a space where you know people don't like you OR you think they don't like you. Co-workers that don't get along is common, we can't expect everyone we work with will like us. Whether other's like us or not, it is out of our control, as they could be reasons that you can't change. For example, I had a co-worker who told others that they find me too 'friendly with co-workers of opposite sex'. Her thought of me is out of my control. I know I am a friendly person and I tend to get along with most people regardless of what sex they are - But this co-worker just focused on the relationship I have established with the opposite sex, and that bugged her about me. I just continued being me, I didn't change, nor treated the opposite sex differently just because of her comment because I knew I didn't do anything wrong or harmful to others. So if your co-workers don't like you, that is their problem. if you wish to uncover, you can start the conversation and clear the air. You can only control how you feel not others. If they don't want to talk nor change, that is their problem
Profile: Ashley1094
Ashley1094 on Sep 8, 2020
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I think it's best to not give them power over you, such as your feelings and the way you react. It can be hard when you are being forced to be in an environment with someone. One thing would be to just try talking to them and getting to know them a little better, and letting them get to know you as it could simply be the fact that you don't know each other well. If it's just someone who is being nasty, I would say go to work, do your job to the best of your abilities, and try to not pay any mind to the coworker.
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