There's two extremes of employee behavior I've seen, with most folks somewhere in the middle: - My co-workers are friends. We hang out, we go out drinking afte

There's two extremes of employee behavior I've seen, with most folks somewhere in the middle: - My co-workers are friends. We hang out, we go out drinking after work. We do activities on the weekend together outside of work. Early stage start-ups often are like this, most of the time not by intentional design, but due to the hours and intimacy of working closely with peers. - My co-workers are colleagues. We're professionals, but our interaction stops there. I don't particularly care to get to know my colleagues on a deeply personal level. Your preference for working remotely seems very closely tied to which camp you more strongly identify with.