Someone I work with is not coming along to our Christmas booze up tonight. Not because they have something else on, or because they're broke, or because they don't drink or anything like that. Their reason is that they 'don't mix their work and social life'!
I'm not talking about some seriously senior person who wants to keep a professional distance from staff. This is just one of the team.
I've heard people before say they 'have a rule' that they don't socialise with colleagues.
To each their own I suppose, but I've made some great friends through various places I've worked and find this attitude a bit silly. Obviously it's important to have friends outside of work but refusing to ever go for a drink with workmates or a Christmas do is surely a bit OTT?
I'm not talking about some seriously senior person who wants to keep a professional distance from staff. This is just one of the team.
I've heard people before say they 'have a rule' that they don't socialise with colleagues.
To each their own I suppose, but I've made some great friends through various places I've worked and find this attitude a bit silly. Obviously it's important to have friends outside of work but refusing to ever go for a drink with workmates or a Christmas do is surely a bit OTT?