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On average, people have five friends in the workplace, but we generally don’t count them as our closest and dearest. Only 15% of them meet the criteria of “true friend”. In other words, most people only have one true friend at work.
- Why is it so difficult to make friends at work? And if it’s so difficult, is it worth it?
Employees often don’t have much choice about who to contact in the office. Often times, we are assigned to our teammates, neighbors at a nearby table, and bosses. The not entirely voluntary nature of our employment relationship is one of the reasons that finding friends at work can be more difficult than in nature.
Another reason the workplace is unfamiliar with friendships is the monetary aspect of the relationship. For a certain fee, you agree to work a certain number of hours or produce a certain amount of goods. But in friendship, we help friends because they need it, not because we expect something in return.
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