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If you get your work done more efficiently, you actually have more time to socialize, with the people of your choosing. Also, socializing in the workplace tend
by asdfologist 11y ago
If you get your work done more efficiently, you actually have more time to socialize, with the people of your choosing.
Also, socializing in the workplace tends to be very superficial, because you're extremely limited in the range of topics you can discuss. God forbid that you say something unprofessional.
- spdionis 11y agoWeird places you worked in. Where I worked I could talk about anything I wanted and that's normal for every other office.
- workitout 11y agoActually that isn't normal at all. Have you worked in any companies larger than 10 people? There are legal liabilities employers have to (or are supposed to) uphold and more so for public companies. Starting with this: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-sex.html
- spdionis 11y agoHelps to be in a third world country. Sometimes I realize we have so much more freedom. And yes, doesn't matter the company size. Ofc there are different situations but I always feel like people have a too broad definition of harassment. Going a bit off topic, I know that's not the popular view in the western world, but I think you should fend for yourself in society and we are over reliant on rules and regulations, and then people complain about lacking freedom.
- byoung2 11y agoDirty jokes are off limits if you want to avoid sexual harassment complaints.
- iamsohungry 11y agoIf you don't have any choice in the people you work with and you can't find topics to discuss due to the strictness of conversational rules at your job, the problems at your workplace run far deeper than can be solved by going remote.