Remember the last time I told you about making friends? Like how challenging it seems now that we’re adults trapped inside working hours? And how we are now required to add more effort if we want to widen our circle of friends outside our officemates?
And what if you’re now working from home?
How can one even make friends with that kind of setup?
From How to Make Friends While Working from Home? Ask These Office Newbies.:
For companies that are more comfortable with extended in-person socializing, a dedicated off-site can help cement many of the virtual friendships that arose between employees during the pandemic.
Yes, you read that right.
If you want to establish a lasting friendship with people you’re working with, graduating from officemates to friends, you need to purposely meet them face to face.
Reading the whole article, you’d be surprised how the office newbies in the article really put the time to organize and schedule activities outside office hours. Even if that means they have to travel hours just to meet with the others.
Now that’s effort!
jessa 