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I've never made friends with co-workers, and never will. Many of the people I work with are opportunistic, two-faced back-stabbers. I also want to separate my personal life from my work life.
If you make friends with co-workers, you'll regret it - believe me!!!!!! It could end up costing you your reputation at work, or worse.
I've always found that friendship with co-workers is pretty much forced upon a person. Wherever I worked, everyone always wanted to have group get-togethers at work and outside of work. I never wanted to, as I wanted to keep my work life separate from my personal life. I always resented the forcing of group get-togethers on co-workers, both at work and outside of work. I think people can be cordial, courteous, and respectful at work, but need not take it any further. But it's obvious the world of work does not concur.
I've always found that friendship with co-workers is pretty much forced upon a person. Wherever I worked, everyone always wanted to have group get-togethers at work and outside of work. I never wanted to, as I wanted to keep my work life separate from my personal life. I always resented the forcing of group get-togethers on co-workers, both at work and outside of work. I think people can be cordial, courteous, and respectful at work, but need not take it any further. But it's obvious the world of work does not concur.
Yes! I hate forced socialization at work. This happens the most during the holidays. What bull$#!%.
Yes! I hate forced socialization at work. This happens the most during the holidays. What bull$#!%.
I feel the exact same way - particularly at my current workplace. So I just don't attend social events there anymore. Everyone is so scared to not attend in case they look like they don't fit in. I have no problem with looking like that at all
I do however have two (pretty good) friends I've made in previous workplaces. I have been working over 20 years though, so not surprising that I've met two people in that time that I liked and clicked with.
At my job the staff is a revolving door so you won't really make friends, (I have worked the same job for 20 years and nobody has been there as long as me) not that I'd want to as co-workers can be quite toxic.
I've never made friends with co-workers, and never will. Many of the people I work with are opportunistic, two-faced back-stabbers. I also want to separate my personal life from my work life.
If you make friends with co-workers, you'll regret it - believe me!!!!!! It could end up costing you your reputation at work, or worse.
In what kind of place do you work?
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Originally Posted by Kibbiekat
I'm not against it but it is a good idea to tread lightly.
Cannot agree more
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Originally Posted by CSD610
You can be friendly without being friends. I never mixed my business life with my personal life as I saw no logical reason to do so.
My guess from the responses here is that a major reason some people don't make friends with co-workers stares back at them from the mirror every morning. When people have the attitude that they're better than everybody else or that everybody else is out to "get them", you're not going to be making many friends anywhere, in or out of the workplace. There seems to be plenty of that attitude expressed in this thread.
Most friends, whether you make them at work or somewhere else are probably not be particularly close, BFF type friends, but that doesn't mean you can't go out to lunch and/or socialize occasionally -- or say "hi" if you run into somebody at the grocery store.
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