Basically what the title says. I performed a task the way a coworker showed me how to do, because my supervisor hadn’t given me any instruction. My supervisor then came into my office, clearly mad, and asked why I did it that way. I began to say “because that’s how coworker’s name showed me how to”, but as soon as I said their name he cut me off and loudly said “coworker is a fucking idiot.” I was really shocked and just said “ok” and he then went on a rant about how stupid I am for listening to the “fucking idiot”, how I am just as dumb as my coworker, and I made myself look like an idiot for the project manager I did the task for. He then started laughing and went to the guy in the office next to me to laugh about the “two fucking idiots.” I immediately sent an email to the project manager apologizing, saying I was made aware of my mistake, and if he had more work for me in the future I would perform the task differently. The project manager immediately called me (I think he could tell I was really embarrassed and thought I did something actually wrong) and said that he thought I had performed wonderfully and was already preparing to reach out to me with more work. Meaning, my supervisor literally insulted and mocked me for doing my job well?
All in all, my supervisor is not a nice person and I know he’s had HR complaints against him in the past. However, employees that have made complaints received INTENSE backlash from the supervisor and eventually found other jobs and quit.
I guess what I am asking is it even worth going to HR at this point? I am already trying to find a different job, but they are about to hire someone from across the country meaning they would have to move here and I feel bad that this is the environment they are coming into. However they are a man, and I and my coworker that he insulted are both women so it may not be as bad for him. If I go to HR at all, I will not until I already have another job lined up… do you all think it would be worth filing a complaint though?
My friends and family say that I should file a complaint, so the verbal abuse is documented but it just feels like it would be a lot of emotional labor for HR to not doing anything about once again. I just wanted to hear some outsider thoughts. TIA.