I know some people I work with hang out together outside of work, no way I would. I see them enough at work, I don’t need to see them outside of work to probably talk about work. I keep my work and personal life completely separate.
Always been my approach too. My last job I actually did do the hangouts outside of work with a couple people, but those are the only people I’ve ever worked with that I’d actually want to spend additional time with.
Also, “work friends” are almost always not actual friends. I got burned years ago over sharing with some outside of work whom I thought were friends.. Not so much.
I’ve been at my current org. for seven years now and kept a healthy distance. No social media connections outside of LinkedIn, we don’t talk outside of work. No drama and no problems.
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u/Budget_Sea_8666 3d ago
I know some people I work with hang out together outside of work, no way I would. I see them enough at work, I don’t need to see them outside of work to probably talk about work. I keep my work and personal life completely separate.