Your Coworkers Are Not Your Friends

Relationships in the workplace are...slippery. Your coworkers are not your friends (✏️Video Notes Below ↓↓↓)

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[s-wo]

Nobody really wants to be friends with me at work anyway. I've had a couple say they wanted to hang out but when it came time to there's always some excuse and then there are those that act nice but I find out that everyone went out to celebrate a birthday, but I was the only one that wasn't invited. I heard someone said they wanted to do something for my birthday but changed their minds. People who joke with me in the same type of humor but when I do it back they want to tell the supervisors. I just want to not to talk to anyone anymore.

[sophansen]

My oh My, this hits so different right now. I'm currently go through this friend/work situation as we speak. And I'm just now realizing how stupid I am for not reading between the lines. I confided and overshared too much and got my feelings hurt. 🤦‍♀️

[shockhouser]

You can chose your friends not families

[susansamuel]

You brought up a really valid topic that we can apply to our lives. Not knowing this one thing you explained, can mess everything up and make it overwhelming to undo it and deal with the consequences. Thank u Ahsante!

[therob]

Great advice in this video! I think maybe this could apply more so to more middle management/office jobs that have a competitive nature to them rather than other jobs. Still good advice for people in those jobs.

[chippomchenga]

Wow Ahsante! This was so timely for me! Thanks. Sending love from 🇲🇼 Malawi 👍🤌

[DeidreDevelops]

What if the culture at your workplace is to share a little bit? In fact, it's actually encouraged for me. I've been kinda mirroring the culture of my workplace which is to share our personal lives a bit, but not in detail. It's more than I ever have at previous workplaces though. Sometimes I wonder if I've overshared. How do you gauge that?

[wamiogunbi]

Great content! I am a grad student, but there are still some helpful tips in here that applies even for me.

[osalumhenseakhabue]

You just talked about what I needed! Thank you

[exas]

So be nice but don't ever trust any colleague ?

[amoskittengo]

Thanks for the content. Very wonderful

[mimirobin]

"at least 40 hour week" had me gasp, a fragile European 😂 but tbh I've read too much of Marx to be comfortable with (the idea of) having a fixed "professional personality" that is set in certain boundaries and much less spontaneous or negotiable as all the other behaviours we adapt in different situations as you described, , it's one central aspect of alienation in its literal sense. although you do perfectly argue why for many people it's necessary to make these distinctions.
also: gossiping and venting are dangerous yes, but imo I should never be hard no nos. again, this might be the European speaking here but the political processes of worker's organising and unionsing literally depend on employees finding trust beyond their role as employees, building and utilizing safe spaces to problematise their working conditions and problematising can be venting/ranting turned productive :)

[jo.onthego]

Lol me watching this at the beginning of the work day 😂