I learned earlier in life that working in offices or companies, that it’s the PEOPLE you work with that makes it enjoyable. Not the work itself. There was one company I worked for that I actually loved going to work that after my inner “clique” left for other jobs, it was not enjoyable so I left.
Same here. I was lucky to work in places where the people were congenial. They were no substitute for family, but they enhanced my life. Once that dynamic was gone, the spirit was gone and I found it harder and harder to go to work. Eventually I left.
That's the problem with forced diversity. It can destroy an office culture. Nowadays employees seem to act under fear -- fear of political incorrectness, fear or being replaced by a machine or someone in China. Work ethic disappears when there is little incentive.