Backstory; I've been at my job for almost 7 months. I like it there enough but from the gate one of my coworkers has had it out for me. Constantly belittling me, treating me like I'm an idiot, even mumbling under her breath about how stupid I am. Even still I tried my best and continued doing my job. Other coworkers have seen what she does and how I'm treated as well. I've had people come up to me personally telling me how I really don't deserve it.
Even managers tell me “Just ignore her. She talks to everyone like that. She's just naturally a bitch” I've even gone to my supervisor about her twice about how she continues to treat me like shit and make me feel inferior and stupid To which my supervisor just justified the behavior with “She has a hard exterior but she in no way thinks of you as stupid but she does alot for the company” and other excuses.
Now at the start of my job I was a pushover. I did what everyone asked of me because I wanted to keep this job and succeed. That included whatever she asked as well. Brushing off her comments and thinking that was her humor.
Eventually this got old and I started standing up for myself. If she made a jab at me, i bantered back and it would stop.
Last night it got ugly and we almost started yelling at each other over her attitude and how she spoke to me in front of our supervisor. I head home and receive a text from an unknown number regarding this girl and our issues, “shes going through so much and im a complete bitch.” And if I “want her to go back to treating me like shit i should keep being a bitch and she has no problem with that.” The texts are typed in the way that she talks. Which leads me to believe its her on a texting app.
And the only incredibly bitchy thing I've said is “sorry my supposed work life isn't up to your standards. I'm doing my best here.” When she tells me I need to do my job or I'm not doing something the way she likes it.
Heres where its getting out of hand. My coworkers don't have my number. We communicate on social media and my number isn't attached. I dont even have my job attached.
She had to of gone into our database and got it that way. Obviously I took screenshots and I'm going to HR. I've never dealt with this before. I feel like im in high school again. I'm terrified I'll be fired because she's been here for years and I've just started. She has a lot of roles and is essentially the right hand to my supervisor. (But we make the same amount. And she's NOT in a position to be my superior.)
This isn't her first round of complaints according to my supervisor. She's been spoken to by them a few times now for her attitude but I don't think it's gone to HR.
But the text messages from last night are why I'm going. I feel sick to my stomach.