I work with some people who don't respect me, or don't like me, or I'm not even sure. They are all less educated than I am but treat me like I'm an idiot. I always try as hard as I can, I work hard, I do my work as best I can and I really care about what I do. But if I have any questions (I am new to the unit and have little experience with a few of the things we do for which I received about zero training because my training was supposed to be done by these mean girls) they treat me like I'm a moron or if I make a simple and non-harmful mistake they are all incredibly awful to me like I'm totally incompetent (meanwhile they are no help because they're always on break or off gossiping somewhere, which may be why they hate me, I never partake in that). I never get breaks and get stuck with far more work than most of them. not exaggerating, they eliminated one position and just gave me the workload) I also have more education and different experience than most of them. They act like I'm just dumb and they never include me in unit activities. No other nurses sit with me at lunch like it's a junior high school lunchroom! It's like a giant group of high school girls and I have even heard them talking poorly about me. It's so ridiculous that I mostly just keep to myself and do my work. I also do extra work because of their failure to complete jobs too. I'm the first one there and last to leave. I'm just not sure what to do. Short of interacting with them as little as possible, I just stay quiet and work all day. I don't get involved when they talk rudely or gossip or take a million breaks. It's just damaging to my spirit that they hate me and I don't know why. I don't know what I did to make them think I am stupid or lazy or whatever they think. They are so mean that I don't even have the guts to confront them, plus since I am new I fear for my position. I LOVE my job but some of the coworkers are awful. Some are amazing. I just don't know what to do. Anyone have a similar experience or advice?