I have worked for the agency for 11 years. I am a social worker. Two years someone in our agency who also has worked for this agency for ten years became our program director. She has never liked me. She keeps writing me letters to put in my personnel file. These letters do not reflect my work. If I disagree with a co-worker and we have worked it out amicably she will write me up for a negative attitude but not the other worker. She has written me for several things that other employees have done but has not written them up. Our office employees knows how much she dislikes me, even other agencies have commented that they know she doesn't like. I am a respected social worker in this community and have several letters in my file from other agencies complimenting me on work. I would like to add that there was never a letter in my file until she became director. Also, 8 people have quit in the last year, 5 in the last month because of management but because she has political clout there is nothing done to her. I don't want to look for another job at this time, I plan to open my own practice in two years but I have put a lot of time and energy in this job, I like my job and I am good at it. What do I for the next two years? Our policy manual states that verbal warnings are to take first, this has never happened, the letter comes. I have many examples, I also have notes she has written me that were hostile, her letters are of a hostile nature as well and I have documented well.

Unfortunately, you can't make her like you and the law doesn't require that she be fair. It isn't illegal to treat you less favorably based on personal animosity. If you don't want to look for another job, you are going to have to grin in bear it.

Nothing in your post comes remotely close to the legal definition of a hostile work enviroment. To meet the definition, the employee must be able to show that s/he is being subjected to either sexual harassment or illegal discrimination under Title VII (race, religion, national origin, age etc.). It has nothing to do with the atmosphere of your workplace, no matter how unpleasant it may be.

Nothing you shared indicated that the dislike is because of any reason protected by law. It may be unfair but that isn't illegal. The law does not require fair.

The point is that if she is not treating you differently because of a legally protected classification (race, age, gender, etc.) or in retalliation, she is not doing anything illegal. Unfair and unprofessional? Sure. Illegal, no.

Okay, what if she has reported to coworkers that she can't believe this agency hired someone like me ( I have made some mistakes in my life years ago)

Still not illegal.

On another note, you should be more cautious about how much client info you post. Even without identifying info, I would not post as many details as you are doing.