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Started new job, predecessor used same nick name so everyone refuses to call me by my preferred name, and uses full name. It’s slowly driving me insane

This sounds so silly to be so annoyed by this because this job is already keeping me in a state of constantly looking for a new job for SO many reasons besides this. But my predecessor in my position shared the same nickname I go by as a name (Spelled differently) My full name is long, and generally something I automatically associate with either anger (eg when my parents were angry at me as a kid) or complete lack of familiarity or being overly formal. Which is fine for quick interactions like formal events, calling my bank or doctors etc.. They originally offered to use my middle name which is even worse bc I’ve never once used my middle name as my only name – the only people who use my middle name are my family as an endearment. So I declined and told them I preferred my nickname (which…


This sounds so silly to be so annoyed by this because this job is already keeping me in a state of constantly looking for a new job for SO many reasons besides this. But my predecessor in my position shared the same nickname I go by as a name (Spelled differently) My full name is long, and generally something I automatically associate with either anger (eg when my parents were angry at me as a kid) or complete lack of familiarity or being overly formal. Which is fine for quick interactions like formal events, calling my bank or doctors etc.. They originally offered to use my middle name which is even worse bc I’ve never once used my middle name as my only name – the only people who use my middle name are my family as an endearment. So I declined and told them I preferred my nickname (which I see as my name) and they insisted that they couldn’t do that it would just be too confusing. So now I’m stuck constantly being called my full name and I HATE it so much. I honestly do not know what to do bc it’s been a month and I originally thought I wouldn’t care as much as I do. I feel like it’s the straw that’s going to make me snap on top of all the other BS w/ this job (I am never working for a nonprofit again lol)

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