To start I love my job, I love what I do, and I love the company I work for. But recently I had proof of my coworkers (All 3 older than me) talking about how “slow” I am (substitution for the R word), how me taking a my sons birthday off was stupid and how I'm essentially making them feel like their bad parents for doing so, and how I talk to my patients too much and need to be fired for it, how it's hard to be nice to me, and Not to mention I've been excluded from work emails, as well as pretty much ignored as a member of the team and never introduced to people outside of the office.
My proof was some recordings I had on my phone where you can clearly hear them saying these things about me. I originally didn't want to show them to anyone and just lobbied for an office transfer. I told my manager that I over heard them when I was standing from outside the office space but they didn't buy that so I ended up showing the recordings. They spoke to my coworkers and I thought that was going to be the end of it.
I recently got suspended for the recordings because, since I no longer have the recordings they couldn't prove that there was an potential HIPPA violations on them and I was told that it was illegal which I knew as long as the recording was done in an area that expected privacy. Although we all share an office space so I assumed it was safe to show but it really came back to bite me in the ass since HR thought that since my coworkers didn't give permission to record they deserve to know that I had recorded them
Now neither of them have spoken to me, ignored me, and it's overall worse to work here. I have no objections to WHY HR did what they did but I feel like now I'm just unwanted in the office, even though i was the one bullied to begin with. All these women are my mothers age or around her age (mid to late 40s) so I never speak ill of them out of respect.
I don't know what to do now. I'm young (25) and have a wife and 2 boys who I'd do anything for. But I feel like I can't work in this environment that I feel like my management made worse for me…any advice would be appreciated
TLDR: I was punished for showing my boss recordings of my coworkers bullying me and now I feel more unwanted in my office.