a half hour before work ended on friday my supervisor called all five of us in our department into a meeting. she told everyone they needed to air their grievances in the room because it has become a hostile enviornment. duh, everyone in our department (except her best friend) has had to take her aside and tell her she is making it a hostile environment! basically, she seems to have a problem with everyone else, although i'm sure she probably didn't see it that way at all. my supervisor has a problem with one girl because when my supervisor needed an employment reference (during her search for work elsewhere) my coworker did not give her a good recommendation. my supervisor has a problem with another coworker because she claims she doesn't work fast enough sometimes (not really a big deal in my opinion but it is to my coworker). my supervisor has a problem with me because apparently she said i'm "weird" resulting in her bullying me (why she thinks that is OK, i don't know).
anyway, she made everyone air their grievances and they did, including me. i came out and told her everything in front of everyone. she asked why i didn't go to her boss to report the problem. i told her that i have to suck it up because i am a disposable temp, i need a stable job, and don't want to seem like a problem employee. she gave me an obligatory, mechanical, insincere apology. that was about it.
she said in the meeting everyone needed to leave their problems behind and start fresh. i will, of course, try but... it is hard to warm up to someone who has been nasty to you for no good reason. now that this is aired i am afraid i will get a phone call in the morning telling me i've been dismissed from this assignment.
i am painfully shy, quiet, and, yes, weird. i know this. but i try. everyday. i am nice to everyone and i work damn hard. i know it SHOULD be, "if people don't see that, that is their problem." but it is my problem when my job is on the line. and... stress ensues.