Have you ever had a work frienemy?

that’s so bad ass that you can weld!
You have welder qualifications and certs?
Show them who is boss by tracking heat no. of materials, knowing domestic and non-domestic forms of steel, have everything categorized and organized in your head!
When you are asked a question always be prepared to give it.
V cool of you, welding of all forms is an awesome skill set to have.
My first time welding I didn’t wear a welders mask and I was working on a very large project for Mickey Mouse that had to get done before opening and my welder scheduled that night got into an accident.
I stepped in to ensure the project would get done and my welds were awful but somehow my weld inspector passed it, I think because of all the prep work I did and it was non-structural, the park was able to open in time safely but I ended up feeling like I had sand paper in my eyes for a week. 🤣

It's tough, we had a female painter in the workshop, there was comment after comment, customers the worst if honest. A girl painted my car?! What on earth? You have to show her to me, I'll add not her exquisite skills but her. Pathetic. Best painter we had as well that girl.
Even though she knew she was good it knocked her confidence

Feel for you

Dont let the adverse behavior shape you. ... you have good core focus

Use the challenge to improve you

Transform their rude into your precision ... and your efficiency

Work product will shut them up.

They sound like idiots, they're miffed you're so good at this job.

Hopefully in time they will cop onto themselves and stop being so stupid

The world is full of odd-balls, mis-fits, and horrible people they are everywhere it's not surprising you've met a few, trouble is in the work place it's difficult to block them out.

I'm dealing with friend betrayal right now. This place has fallen apart in just a few days. He is vulgar to the women and he is always yelling at us for any little thing. Our problem is he is from another country and we have to be nice. We were called into a meeting last night and yelled at because he says he has been threatened and bullied. My friend that has gone into administration has stood inside a window and lisened to us talk and reported back to the top admin😠

It never mattered to me who it was, as long as they can do the job

Had to amend my answer as a qualifier. Back when I worked at the shipyard, I knew a few. It's part of the industrial mind and package.
I could say alotta shit about that. I would start with, "no surprises there." Of course, lots more could be said at the sad state of affairs it portends.

I will stop there.

Ive had workplaces where i felt isolated and happy to get out of there. That's rough for sure. Hopefully it isn't a full-time gig where you will be around these people for years. that is unsustainable, as i found out.

Unfortunately, gaining years of work experience usually includes experience in dealing with a- holes. Some things don't change.

Is there anyone in management you can talk to? It's sad you have to put up with that when you are so talented and hard-working 😕

They probably just want to be better then you. Hate jobs where it's clock in clock out and avoid everything

I agree that I’d focus on work and let that speak for itself. I’m not saying to ignore their attitudes, but karma can come for them when you’re advancing and perhaps moving to a better opportunity in the industry. You have skills that threaten their small-mindedness, and that they don’t realize that women can work in the same field.

Jealousy 🤷🏼‍♀️

sorry you're having to deal with jerks

Kind of. They get along with me enough, but I dislike her. But we're both the senior members of the shift so we both have a mutual understanding that we both know what's going on.

They'll ask a favor one day.....