I think you can be cordial enough with them when it comes to matters of ‘work.’ But there is no requirement to ‘socialize’ as part of a job description.
I don’t see the situation as being any different than working alongside non-lib people in a scenario where you simply do your respective jobs to the best of your ability without all the water cooler crap, showing kid pix etc. Strictly professional. People do that every day without a problem.
I understand what you are saying about the evals etc. True that if you have a lib HR person or boss then you will get the types of evals you are talking about. But that then places the situation into the realm I was talking about about having to kiss posterior to accommodate libs and keep your job.
I have worked with plenty of Alphas that didn’t play well with others...both over and under them. When I was in a management capacity I cared about one thing. Can the person do the job well? I did not care a whit if they were social butterflies and loved by all who beheld them. Now barring that person doing something really stupid, like legit sexual harassment or decking a coworker, I would rather have that type of employee work for me than a complainaholic that played minesweeper all day and was the life of the party.
The owner of the company felt the same way. The business I was involved in was successful as a result. Too many businesses are run like summer camps, thanks to lib BS and fail as a result. If more people actually worked at work, the social crap, or lack thereof, would take care of itself.
Sounds reasonable to me. I would also presume that it depends on your position, and the nature of the business itself. I’ve worked almost exclusively with sales, which requires blending the social with the professional. You can send the smartest, most professional rep in the business out in the field, but he’ll never do as well as the rep who treats treats the shops he deals as friends. I worked with such a guy once as I was coming up. Knew the product inside out, but just couldn’t understand why our competitors were gaining floor space in the shops he dealt with. We replaced him with a guy new to the industry, who was just learning the product, but he was just friendlier. We made back our losses and then some.
I see what you’re saying, but at the same time, I could watch a new rep interact with others in the office for half an hour and tell you how well he’s going to do in the field. A guy with a chip on his shoulder, whether it be about religion, politics, class, etc, is almost uniformly going to do poorly. The guy who never met a stranger and never disliked anyone who didn’t dislike him first is the sure bet.