I have been working in a factory for about 8 months and haven’t really had a problem with anybody. I talk sometimes when I’m partnered with somebody but other than that I mind my own business. A woman (43) has been spreading rumors about me (F 20) for about a month now that the reason my last partner left was because I bullied him badly. This isn’t true but since this woman is friends with a lot of people there they believed her.
I mostly tried to ignore it because it was just a stupid rumor, although I did have people approach me about it and shoot me dirty looks. I went to HR against this woman a few weeks ago because of something she said to me.
I came to work and ignored her looks and rude comments. Things got worse this past week when she started spreading a rumor that I was trying to make her lose her job. A woman overheard her saying that she is going to follow me home, or have her people follow me home to fuck me up. She also said several other threats. I am going to HR on Monday but I’m afraid that nothing will be done about it. This is causing me incredible amounts of stress and anxiety. If anyone has any advice for me that would be appreciate