I feel shut out by my co-workers

What exactly are you wanting them to do then? If you have a problem with them bossing you around, just say no. I never let people in the same position as me tell me to do stuff. They can ask me for help and I will help, but if they told me to do something while they were on their phone, I'd just say "You aren't busy, do it yourself." Your job is to make your boss happy, not them. As long as you are doing enough work that makes your boss is happy, then you are fine just ignoring them and saying that they should worry about themselves.

If they are your superiors and you can't say no, then that is just part of the job that you have to deal with. If you don't want to deal with it, your options are to complain to their boss or quit.

I've had to complain about people telling me to do far more than they were supposed to, but my manager backed me up because they were basically telling me to do their entire job for them. It ended up pissing those people off and they stopped talking to me, but that isn't a big deal. I just showed up to work and did my job. That is all you can really expect from a job, showing up and working. Anything else is a nice bonus.

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