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making friends at the work place!

Published May. 13, 2008

I want to know what u all think about making friends at the work place. We had some issues arise where I work and the relationships we had formed where lost. I was advised that making friends at work was not the best thing to do because it can blow up in your face. Is it ok to have close personal friends or just be work friends and leave the personal life out of it?



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If we had a "no friends" policy at my job, I'd never talk to my husband.

I think it depends on the individual and the job. I think the work place is a great place to meet people and make friends. But you have to be able to leave work at work, and personal outside of work. I've had friends at work and we try not to discuss work outside the office. Likewise, when we are at work, it's business as usual and not social time.

I have had good friends that I worked with and then those I wish I would have never met. It depends on large of workplace you are at and if there are busy bodies... Meaning gossipers. Get on one of their bad sides and you are doomed!

I guess that question depends on the individual. I have no "friends" from work. I like the people I work with, and have had them over, but I wouldn't consider them "friends."

Beth

I have a couple of great friends at work, we go out,cook out, and a couple of them I play music with. I have a couple of friends I worked with at other places that I'm still good friends with. I dont/havent dated anyone I work with, but have made some great friends in the workplace

I do very little with folks at work and after. Maybe an occasional office golf outing but that's about it. I seem them 8-5 or later m-f and sometimes on weekends. And most of them are spoiled brats that can't think for themselves.

I friends with people at work, just not friends with the people I work with. I still engage in casual conversation with coworkers, but it only goes to a certain level.

In my IT Dept we are friends, go to ball games and what not together. No one dates or anything like that. Been this way for 8 years. Every now and then there is a squabble but that is it. Like family.

I've always found it in my best interests to be friendly, as opposed to friends, with people at work. Maybe it's because of what I do (Human Resources), but I've always kept my work life separate from my personal life.

I find that women just can't be friends at work with other women because, for whatever reason, they tend to blur the line between the personal and work. Men seem to be better at seperating the two: work and personal. I'd advise against it, no matter your gender. It really can create problems down the road.

I personally do not see anything wrong with it. Ledasi and myself both work together and we are good friends outside of work and were friends before GOLO!

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