So let me start by saying I like my work. I like what I do. And I like my boss.
My JOB, however, I do not care for.
I work in an office with some of the most petty, childish, unprofessional people I have ever come across and I'm not sure what to do with this. The gossip, the back-biting, the lack of courtesy is astounding.
Today, my senior (she's not my boss or my supervisor technically, but I have been told she's next up in the chain of command) heard from someone that someone said that I said I do all the work.
Yes, that is ridiculous enough, the fact that I even know that this is an issue. An adult would have either written it off as gossip, or come to me directly. Is that was she did? NOPE.
She though it would be better to drag me in the group text with one of my bosses, have a side conversation about it with said boss, and then send an email to the other boss scheduling “a discussion about my future with the team.”
All while never talking to me first. She's never in the office, and she answers text messages and emails in her own time, so communication has never been great with her. But this is BEYOND. I have a mortgage and a car payment. I can't afford to lose my job right now. But I don't know if I can handle this kind of work environment anymore.
I'm getting read based on gossip. And it's gossip about me being a gossip. There's literally no way for me to win here because it doesn't actually matter what I say or do, just what someone heard I said or did.
How do I even begin to deal with this?