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Related: About this forumAmericans Are Breaking Up With Their Work Friends
Americans Are Breaking Up With Their Work Friends
Millions of workers have switched jobs or gone remote—a big reason many employees say work friendships are harder to forge and less of a priority.
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2naSalit
(96,259 posts)After I switched to a stationary career was,
"I prefer a job that doesn't follow me home and accost me at all hours."
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Very little interaction with people. We are now just getting some studies on this. Depression and suicides are up.
Auggie
(32,167 posts)We were all single at the time. Great days, long ago.
Quakerfriend
(5,769 posts)Interesting how working in a large teaching hospital changed over 40 years-
Went from working on the floors with constant interaction with staff to being behind a computer & doing conference calls all day.
Wingus Dingus
(8,888 posts)No matter what job I had (and I've had many jobs). I have met some truly decent, funny, interesting people of all ages, races and walks of life over the decades--starting from when I was a teenager. I didn't necessarily socialize after work, but I loved seeing them every day. I'm one of those people who needs an activity or purpose in order to meet and become friends with others, because I'm naturally a little shy. School and work were the perfect contexts for that.
marmar
(78,356 posts)..... that said, there's only one person I work with who is one of my best personal friends who I spend a lot of out-of-the-office time with.