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Should You Be Friends With Coworkers?
Should you cross the threshold and become real friends with your work colleagues? In an ideal world, it would be a no brainer, but real life isn’t ideal, and is actually closer to being completely unideal.
There are certain situations where it’s ok to become friends with your colleagues but there are a lot of things you need to watch out for. You also need to consider your goals and why you’re at this company.
You need to think about yourself as a person. What sort of environment do you like to be in. I see people fall apart if they don’t have friends at work, whilst others can’t stand to be spoken to.
Friends Help You Get Through The Day
If you have a shit job, it’s the people that you like at work that get you through each day. I’ve had shit jobs that I didn’t even notice was shit because I liked the people so much. I only noticed when I reflected back on the place workwise.
Talking to people gives you energy, and it makes it feel like time is going faster. You also have someone to complain to when you have issues that will actually care somewhat about what you’re saying.
Or at least pretend to.
