I’ve gotten this many times from coworkers through the years. I’ve had people target me at all costs. They would try to grow their careers at my expense. It hur

I’ve gotten this many times from coworkers through the years. I’ve had people target me at all costs. They would try to grow their careers at my expense. It hurt and in the wrong company worked for them. But in the long arc of time it only got them so far and they all left the company before me. But none of them knew my resume and I ultimately moved to much better pastures. You don’t know what those newer hires have on their resumes nor the conditions under which they were hired. You’re also not likely to make any good impressions for yourself by being identified as a threat or confrontational. Good management doesn’t like that behavior (edit-outside of professions like law, politics, sales/marketing, etc). Read “Siddhartha“ by Hermann Hesse. Take a deliberate approach to managing your emotions. Mediate. Remember that the world is bigger than one persons seemingly great career - both yours and others careers. Corporate America has all of this as negative side effects. How you react is your choice. Maybe take the opportunity to reevaluate what you should be learning or working towards to advance your own career. Look for things you can add to your resume. Consider options that make this one particular situation not your only source of money, professional respect and growth, or so on.