I suppose it's a different mindset. I'm not friends with anyone at work in the sense that we hang out after hours, or that I'd call them if I needed help with a

I suppose it's a different mindset. I'm not friends with anyone at work in the sense that we hang out after hours, or that I'd call them if I needed help with a personal problem. But it's still hard for me to think of it as "just work and that's it". I'm glad to be "work pals" with these people and want the best for them personally as well as professionally. I agree that work is a means to an end, but the people I work with aren't similarly means.