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Also, I think that going to "HR" or the "management" (i use quotes since I'm actually in grad school), will probabl backfire. I think that what would happen if you go to management with issues like this is: 1) they think your a wuss who needs to "tattle-tale" 2) they think you can't deal with other people yourself 3) they think your a crybaby
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Time for The_Jazz's Patented Corporate Tough Love:
If you go to management over this petty bullshit, you are demonstrating to them that you are a wuss, can't deal with others easily and you are a crybaby. If my team of folks had you 4 working on it, I would make you someone else's problem very quickly, most likely by "finding you another opportunity" since I never fire anyone.
They're not harrassing you. They're not doing anything to you. If they "poison" your coworkers against you, why the fuck do you care? I once had someone working for me that I absolutely couldn't stand, but I kept her on board because she was awesome at what she did. When she resigned a few years ago, she thanked me for looking past our personal differences and realizing that she was a good employee. I still wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire, but she set a very high watermark in terms of team service, and professionally I wish her well (and privately hope that she gets hit by a truck). These three buffoons aren't even attempting to drag you down with them; they're just playing little distraction games amongst themselves using you as the bait. Either you're going to join the buffoonery or you're going to rise above it.
Assuming that you get out of grad school and join the corporate world, you'll be amazed at how little tolerance there is for this kind of petty bullshit. Rise above it and act like you're actually a good employee.