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rootusrootus on Oct 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is going to the office a broken way of working?

> I recommend doing everything you can to cultivate friendships outside of work.

More than half of all my friends outside the office started out as coworkers in the past. And the remainder are almost exclusively people that I met as a result of social activities with these 'original' friends.

nuerow on Oct 12, 2021 [–]

> More than half of all my friends outside the office started out as coworkers in the past.

Let's put it this way: how many current and past coworkers do you include in your current social, non-professional group?

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