your description of work and collaboration is very cynical. One man's cynic is another man's realist. In my opinion, OP's description of office life is ideali

your description of work and collaboration is very cynical. One man's cynic is another man's realist. In my opinion, OP's description of office life is idealistic, like a teacher describing the theme of Dead Poets Society or Mr. Holland's Opus. I’ve been able to build meaningful professional relationships with. I don't know what you mean when you say meaningful professional relationships, but despite having made many work friends, as stated previously none of them have led to career development (OP's mention of networking). Even in the most toxic hell-holes, there’s people worth learning collaborating with I STRONGLY disagree with this universal claim.