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Won't You BEMy (Work)Friend?Only two in 10 people say they have a best friend at work. But companies, aware of how much culture matters, say trying to foster friendships couldn't be more awkward.
Korn Ferry ^ | April 12, 2024 | Arianne Cohen

Posted on 04/12/2024 6:51:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob

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Someone once said, if work was supposed to be FUN, they’d call it Leisure, not WORK.

I would never hang with colleagues after work. That’s a recipe for disaster - what happens when there is a falling out?

1 posted on 04/12/2024 6:51:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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My only friends at work are fellow Conservatives. I ignore the leftists.


2 posted on 04/12/2024 6:57:00 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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People toiled for survival when it was necessary.

Take an honest guess what percentage of jobs in corporate America are actually necessary.
There’s no wrong answer. I’m just wondering what people think.
And, as technology improves, is a 40+ hour work week necessary?


3 posted on 04/12/2024 6:57:47 PM PDT by EEGator
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In most cases, having associates at work is wise, not friends.


4 posted on 04/12/2024 7:00:32 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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MeToo eliminated 50% of the workforce as potential friends. Best strategy now is do your job, keep your mouth shut, get your paycheck, and go home.


5 posted on 04/12/2024 7:01:16 PM PDT by alternatives? (`)
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Nowadays an employee has to be careful “being their whole selves at work’. Some coworker may be looking for reasons they should get a promotion instead of you. Why make it so easy to dig for dirt and find something questionable about a remark you made today or posted 10 years ago.
Not everyone you meet at work will have your best interests at heart. Some folks need to be “snakebitten” once or twice before they learn that lesson.


6 posted on 04/12/2024 7:07:42 PM PDT by lee martell
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That’s all I’ve ever had. I’m friendly with many, I consider a couple to be friends, I’m good friends with one. none are best friends.

I think in my entire career I’ve maybe gone out with co-workers two or three times.

I work pretty solo now, but when I worked in the office for most of my career, I went to work, did my job and went home.

My job is as a product trainer so I’ll go somewhere and meet up with sales people, do my training and leave.


7 posted on 04/12/2024 7:53:13 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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It’s a balancing act.


8 posted on 04/12/2024 8:08:23 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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My experience at every job I’ve had, is there’s no such thing as a best friend at work. Eventually the one you thought was your friend will stab you in the back. They’ll lie, cheat and steal to get a leg up on you.


9 posted on 04/12/2024 8:51:23 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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MeToo eliminated 50% of the workforce as potential friends. Best strategy now is do your job, keep your mouth shut, get your paycheck, and go home.

Smart men got the message loud and clear from the "Pound-Me-Too" (#metoo) and the "Didn't Earn It" (DEI) anti-white racism that they're best move is to minimize any and all interactions with coworkers.

All the korporate officers and women whining about men withdrawing from anything not specifically work related can go thank Christine Blasey Ford and her globalist handlers. That woman lied decades after her hoax and had ZERO consequences.

10 posted on 04/12/2024 9:22:19 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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From 27 years ago:



11 posted on 04/12/2024 9:25:38 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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The strip is funny but I have a feeling that lots of supervisors schedule meetings in order to have people around them.


12 posted on 04/12/2024 9:35:29 PM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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My workplace is very meeting centric. There are sprint meetings, tagups and pretty much anytime someone needs to get face time with someone they put something on Teams or Outlook. But most everyone is married with families so their social life is pre-arranged.


13 posted on 04/12/2024 10:19:28 PM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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Eventually the one you thought was your friend will stab you in the back.

Just happened to me last year. Quit that place 2 months ago.

14 posted on 04/12/2024 10:45:55 PM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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Very wise.

Colleague =/= friend

Work life must be kept separate from the personal.


15 posted on 04/13/2024 3:34:25 AM PDT by turfmann
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Of course the situation drives the narrative but in many office environments getting too close to male co-workers is usually not a good idea. Project assignments, promotions, etc all could be derogatory to work relationships.

Then there is the issue of female co-workers. They have the human resources department on speed-dial. Should you be so foolish as to compliment a female co-worker and she is not receptive to the compliment - Hello HR, I’d like to report an unsolicited advance. OTOH if you notice that a female co-worker is wearing something that enhances her appearance and you DON’T compliment her - Hello HR ...

In many places any interaction with female co-workers could be your ticket to the unemployment line. While a company may have realized that inter-office friendships can improve productivity, for the typical male employee there really is no upside for getting overly friendly with your co-workers.

So guys, be conservatively sociable and watch your mouth at work. Then after work go meet your friends at the bowling alley or the shooting range.


16 posted on 04/13/2024 4:37:58 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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I was more interested in what the hell a Korn Ferry was....

I could never involve any conmpany with that name.


17 posted on 04/13/2024 4:57:53 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Bmk. Gaslightets

📌


18 posted on 04/13/2024 5:07:08 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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Someone once said, if work was supposed to be FUN, they’d call it Leisure, not WORK.

I would counter that if you're not having fun in your work, then you chose the wrong career.

19 posted on 04/13/2024 5:11:39 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Do not submit)
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I work in a very male dominated industry. Our national sales team only has two women, both are highly competent at their jobs and also know that if they want to succeed, the best way is to be one of the guys. Believe it or not, one is in her late 20’s. I’m one of the older guys. She and I have actually talked about that and how we’re all glad we don’t have to walk on eggshells around her. The other is closer to my age and it’s the same thing.

The office and marketing staff is completely different. It’s all PC and mostly leftist women. I found out the hard way that opinions are not allowed. A few years ago, one of them asked my opinion about Covid. When I gave her a one sentence answer, she turned me in to HR like a good little Nazi. I made it a point to not speak to her anymore.


20 posted on 04/13/2024 5:39:37 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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