[thomk]

I hope I helped some and I appreciate the feedback, and apologize, for the leaps I made. If your professionalism is beyond reproach and they are calling people 'cowards' and not paying the full amount, a few things are true.

1. You are in a toxic environment.

2. You are not paid to change or fix that environment.

3. You are not the problem.

There are so many great companies out there who treat people well; you would thrive at one. This is a great example of why the culture fit is so important in a job. If you do interview around make sure to ask things like "What does it feel like to work here?" or "What is the day to day like?" If you get far enough in an interview ask to speak to some peers and get their take on the stuff that is not specifically tech related.

Look around and find a good job where people who are friendly. You spent way too much time learning your craft to deal with bullshit.

Honestly it sounds like you just work with a bunch of dicks.

:)

[AThrowAway99]

No worries, you and others are helping me see this.

It's such a good point to find the right environment. I think that's the best approach going forward with other companies. I've worked with many people over the years and was perfectly fine not being close friends or anything like that, this is the first time I've had people actively trying to exclude me from inter staff things as well as with others in the local community.

It's so weird.

Thanks again!