>> Mostly because they are not depending on work for their social life > I've heard this a lot. It seems a point of contention. I don't see how people don't de

>> Mostly because they are not depending on work for their social life > I've heard this a lot. It seems a point of contention. I don't see how people don't depend on work for some level of social interaction. How can one want to spend 1/3 of their life not giving a fuck about the people they work with? How can someone want to sit at a computer banging out useless shit for faceless corporations and not have the conciliation of suffering through it with people you know and like? I'm hired to do a job or a project. I am required to get along with my colleagues, so I will try to help foster a friendly environment that doesn't make them want to commit acts of violence! However, nor do I want "convenient work friends" that will dissipate to nothingness when I eventually leave the position. Doing that will leave me alone if that's all who I foster friendships with. Naturally, there's a small handful that will be real friends, but in my experiences that appears to be the exception. Instead, I focus on extrawork activities that aren't bound to where I spend 40h a week. And right now, I'm doing 2-3 activities a week, slowly gaining more friends that aren't connected to work... So when I eventually leave, I still have those connections. The more sardonic comment I have is "I'm paid to do shit, not to make friends. Don't use that as a wedge to get me to stay in shitty jobs."