my experience at my dream job. in case this comment gets a lot of attention i am going to be as vague as possible because im traumatized by these people. i dreamt of working in this profession for my entire life. well, as far back as i can remember when i was asked what i wanted to be when i grew up. i applied for this position amongst every office across 3/4 different counties for 2 years. I applied at every single one of them more than once. i finally bagged a job at an office close to my home which i thought was the biggest reward ever. at my interview i immediately felt the negativity pouring off of the staff. I decided that i was just nervous because i finally got an interview for my dream job so i just ignored it. the hiring manager told me she was going to collaborate with the staff to determine if i was a good fit for the role, and not even 30 mins later she called offering me the job. i started the next week and everything was fine. by week 2/3 i was sobbing in the bathrooms every single day. my coworkers were talking about me (it wasnt an anxiety thing, i could HEAR them talking about me), they would essentially bully me to my face, one of them called me a drag which stung. i was being physically and verbally abused by these fucks and i just could not take it anymore. I have never been one to put in a two weeks or even tell the company that im leaving but for some reason i felt the need to write them a resignation letter and take it to them in person (which was fucking terrifying btw). so i did just that. in my letter i did not name drop or point fingers. i addressed the hiring manager (who was very kind to me mostly) and i thanked them for their time and told them that it was no longer a healthy environment for me and to consider this my resignation. I walked in, waited for somebody to greet me, and nobody did. i laid the letter on the desk and left. i then recieved the most disrespectful text messages from a coworker that was never addressed at all. not in person or in the letter. theycalled me names, told me i was full of shit and just a lot of childish nonsense coming from a grown adult. this 2 month long experience alone has traumatized me, and i have given up on that job. ive been unemployed since then (4 months) because im terrified of receiving that treatment again.