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^I know of two people at work that merely LIVE together, and when they're not getting along at home, they're not getting along at work either. It causes problems.
For example, one such time, the boss directed them to work together (because, after all, they ride into work together). They didn't want to...and one came to me asking to do what I was working on, so that I could work with the other. Work is work.
But I wouldn't want anything to do with personal relationships that interfere with work relationships.
If so, so be it. There is no supreme rule saying that one must be best friends in the workplace. I chat at lunchtime, make jokes and laugh in breaks, but go home and forget at the end of the day or at weekends.
I just don't see the point of co-workers being friends. One is there to work, not socialise.
This I can agree with
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Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy
you are the type of person we would make fun of everytime you left your desk
You are the kind of person that shouldn't be an employment counselor spewing this garbage. Surely you aren't this lame in real life because if so, I feel sorry for you. If you can't understand that some of us actually go to work to WORK, that's your problem and not mine. For you and your colleagues to make fun of someone for that just shows how juvenile you are.
You are the kind of person that shouldn't be an employment counselor spewing this garbage. Surely you aren't this lame in real life because if so, I feel sorry for you. If you can't understand that some of us actually go to work to WORK, that's your problem and not mine. For you and your colleagues to make fun of someone for that just shows how juvenile you are.
Look you have to be part of the team and if you seperates yourself from the unit we will be laughing
Look you have to be part of the team and if you seperates yourself from the unit we will be laughing
As I said, laughing at someone because they don't want to be part of the team is childish. Grow Up, seriously. Yes, you have to be part of the team Sherlock, but you don't have to be buddy-buddy like so many advocate on this forum.
We don't work as a team. We have our areas that we work in apart from the others. There is no "team" work, everyone's responsible for doing their own job.
Teams are worthless. Just look at sports. How often does "the team" win consecutive Superbowls? It's rare. Teams are good for entertainment and battles. Not work.
At work everybody should be doing their own work independently and with appropriate supervision by a well-trained supervisor.
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Originally Posted by TKramar
We don't work as a team. We have our areas that we work in apart from the others. There is no "team" work, everyone's responsible for doing their own job.
Teams are worthless. Just look at sports. How often does "the team" win consecutive Superbowls? It's rare. Teams are good for entertainment and battles. Not work.
Boston sports fan here to say: you're wrong. Boston Celtics and the New England Patriots are pretty good examples of needing team work (unless you're being sarcastic, in which case, my b).
And I'm not really sure how I feel... I'm a friendly guy so I've hung out with coworkers on the weekend, gotten beers, etc. plenty of times. A lot of my friends out here are former coworkers.
My last company was not like this. We didn't really socialize at all and my boss was a jerk.
The difference between the cases (for me) is that leaving the jerk company was real easy, and I had no fear telling my boss I was gone. My current company is a little different, I'm going to feel pretty bad if I get a better offer elsewhere and decide to split.
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