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I think office friendships are often somewhat of an illusion. When one or both leave the company, they may never interact again or only very rarely.
by emerged 5y ago
I think office friendships are often somewhat of an illusion. When one or both leave the company, they may never interact again or only very rarely.
- philwelch 5y agoOne of my best friends now is a former coworker, but I have drifted away from most of my old work buddies.
- throwawayboise 5y agoThis is very much my experience. I have a friend at the office, we had lunch together almost every day, but since WFH started in March 2020 I have barely spoken to him, just a very occasional email. I have physically seen him once. I have also never kept in touch with anyone I worked with at a former employer.
- thinkharderdev 5y agoI also had a lot of friends in college who I haven't seen since we graduated and went our separate ways. Life intervenes to end friendships all the time but it doesn't mean that we weren't friends to begin with.
- compiler-guy 5y agoI don’t think that makes them not friends. A certain kind of friend perhaps, but still a friend. I have coworkers with whom I got along very well and then lost touch after one or the other of us moved along. But then we reconnect at conferences or new jobs and are glad to see each other and remember old war stories or to work together again.