Greetings! I have a question.
There is one common factor I seem to notice exclusively with corporate jobs and specifically jobs where there are a lot of coworker interactions.
Is it completely normal for people to flat out ignore you in group settings?
Not that I am demanding for attention of some sort, but I notice a trend where people simply choose not to acknowledge you on their own accords and actively not do it to everyone else and I find that to be incredibly rude.
I am a pretty quiet, but there are 2-3 other people who are equally as quiet.
Why is it that they go as far as to actively not respond specifically to what I say when I don’t do anything but my job. I am not unfriendly either.
When I bring up certain things in discussions, they will entertain, get happy, praise the idea, and even build an entire conversation on the point, and then they immediately actively credit it to someone else.
It feels like they don’t even acknowledge me as a person. I always respond to everyone that talks to me.
Here’s an overly simplified example of what I mean:
Person A: I wonder is there is a way to do x, y, z.
Me: Brings up an Idea and everyone immediately entertains it.
Person B: Says nothing.
Person A: Wow! Person B that is a wonderful idea! You’re so great at x, y, z. Continues to credit them the entire rest of work.
Person A then forgets only my name.
I feel this is very rude. Am I over reacting or is this not some mild form of relational bullying?
They also do this thing where they will only not respond to and answer my questions. I don’t excessively talk either or bring any of my personal opinions into the workplace.
I would also like to clarify this not a matter of them simply lacking basic business etiquette, such as email etiquette. We are all quite literally in a meeting when these things occur, which is why I am able to come to the following conclusions.
Is there some sort of social hierarchy that I am unaware of?