Cliquish co-workers affect my career
I am working as an accountant for a company for the last 3 years. From the start, my main team (mainly late 20's group) remained cliquish. They have been having conversations, laughing and having a good time next to my office. They haven't bothered to include me in their conversations. I observe that they feel very powerful since they are the majority. They talk to me like they do not need to talk to me. I feel like I do not exist in their world. They never invited me to their lunches or social events. It seemed that they enjoy to keep me excluded. They introduce their friends at work to others in the group. As a result, their network of friends are growing. I know a foreigner like me working in the group came before me. He somehow clicked with the group. Other people talks to this guy because other guys in my group know him and introduce him as their friend. Otherwise, I am sure people would not care much about him. I do not feel like clicking with anybody in the work group. I respect everybody and help anyone if needed. However, since I do not understand their jokes or socialize like them, they don’t communicate with me. Even they do, they keep it very short. I am pretty much sure that they talk about me all the time in my back. About a year ago, a lady from her late 30's joined and she immediately clicked with the rest of the group. Whenever I tried to talk to her, she brushed me off in such a rude manner. One of my seniors observed one of these incidents and he was shocked. He and I both complained to her supervisor, but it did not work. I was shocked to observe in coming months that everybody else loved her. She is so nice to everybody else, except me and my senior. She is a very fake person, but nobody seems to care. I have been the one serious about my work and worked very hard to accomplish something while these goof balls watched u-tube and talk all day. I talked to my manager about these issues. He defended them completely since they are all buddies. Nobody seems to care about my situation. Currently, I lost all my motivation and doing just enough work to finish what's required of me. I started to feel isolated and hopeless. I am really scared to get into another company and experience similar adversities. I need your advice.