Do you hang out with people you work with??
By bronie123
@bronie123 (4587)
United States
March 16, 2008 4:55pm CST
I have been working in an office now for 5 years and i never hang out with the people in my office outside of work!! Most of the people are older and i just dont want to hang after work
Recently (NOV.2007) I started working in a retail store and there I have became friends with a few people there and we hang out after work somethings and call each other to chat.
So do you hang out with your co-workers outside of work??
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22 responses
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
30 Jun 08
Cool what is your new job!!!
I have an interview tomorrow im so trying to find a new job
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@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
27 Jun 08
I wouldn't feel like hanging out with older people too. In the previous companies I worked in I had developed a bond with my teammates that we did hang out often. However in this new work I'm in, (I'm still here for 6 months by the way, going on 7 actually), I don't know if I would. I'm still trying to get to know most of them.
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
30 Jun 08
yeah they just have different lives and i dont get along with most people at my job so i just want to get away form them
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@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
18 Mar 08
yes. our company has quite young employees, being a call center / BPO, mostly employees are no greater than 6 years in the company.
we do hang out a bit, even have gone on overnight trips - swimming and stuffs. Mostly hang outs include dinners, and lunch outs... have coffee breaks.
other company sponsored events sometimes become one of the common place for us to meet and have chitchats... during sports fest, and practice for the games.
our place of work is stressful, but the people we work with makes things a whole lot easier...
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
That sounds really nice i wish i wanted to hang out with mine
@Etharon (217)
• Malaysia
26 Jun 08
I generally don't like to hang out with co workers but about 10 years ago I did make one very good friend from work. We join the company on the same day and really became such good friends and share so many common interests.
She is my best friend now, so there is no telling what happens if we try to hang out and become friends.
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
30 Jun 08
im glad you get along with her !! at my job i only have 2 peeps i get along with but honestly dont hang out with them there not my age
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@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
Right now... i am the only one in the office... so i don't have anybody to hang out with... but when i was still working or teaching in a school... i always hang out with my co-teachers... we always eat out after work... and watch movies during the weekends... and when budget permits... we go out dancing at night...
It was so fun during those day... almost all of us were single... so no responsibilities yet... but it is so different now... since i have a baby... good thing i am alone in the office so i don't really miss hanging out with co-workers...
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
It would be nice to work in a place where you wanted to go do those things with your co-workers outside of work
were im at i dont want to be there nor do i want to go out with them ugh
But at my PT job i love most of the people there and a few go out together :)
@my_january (967)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
I do hang out with them and we do send text messages with each other. It is some sort of building the team, building friendship. You know, after work is the time that you get a lighter atmosphere because all you need to do is to do things that you can usually do during office hours. If you have good relationships with the people you work with, everything will be lighter.
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Me and this one girl send texts all the time we are closer in age than all the rest but we never hang out
@blush_blush (307)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
Though me co workers are old. I still hang out with them but not all the time. My co workers are like my parents age, so feels like I'm hanging out with my parents. This is what I really hate bout my job. Im really bored. Sometimes, I avoid hanging out with them because they're too traditional and they can easily make stories bout you.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
I believe that that's one way of building strong communications and work relationship with each other, I always do my best to know most of them IN and OUTSIDE work.
That way, you have a pleasant environment to work with. You also get to learn other people's background, of how they ended up in that company or what interests them..
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
My office enviroment sucks i guess thats why me and another girl hate it there
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
i fit in at my Part time job and were closer in age so its nice to have that
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
16 Mar 08
I don't, but I'd kind of like to sometimes. I've worked at the same bank for almost four years now, and I like most of my coworkers. Some of them hang out together, usually going out the bar or whatever, and I never seem to get a chance to go. I'd really like to socialize with them, but even before I had my son, it just seemed like I never got a chance to do so. Now that I have my son, I pretty much have to go straight home to watch him so that my husband (who works nights) can get some sleep, so I never get a chance to go out. I'm sure my coworkers think I'm anti-social or something by now, since I never come along... and these days it seems like they don't bother inviting me anymore because I can never go!
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
17 Mar 08
No they proably understand you have you son to tend to but maybe one day you will be able to go out with them :)
Im glad that my coworks dont ask me to go anywhere (at my day job ) I most of my co workers at my Part time job there great
@CheshireKat (564)
• United States
17 Mar 08
My coworkers, with an exception of one, are 15-20 years older than me. It doesn't make for a very easy place for me to do things with coworkers. .
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
thats how it is at my office me and 2 others are in 20's and the rest are 40 and up
@Deea48 (1166)
• United States
17 Mar 08
When I first started the job I am at now I did sometimes hang out with a couple of my co-workers, but since they mostly like hangin out at bars, I decided that was not really my cup of tea. So now we get on very well still, I just don't join in on the fun. They seem ok with that. I go home and have my own fun, with my friends and family. Or hang on the net, or what ever. Another thing I never do is, go there on my day off. When I am off work I stay away .I have several co-workers who are there every day, whether they work or not.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
yeah thats me when i get off i sont want to see those people until 8:00 that next morning!!!
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
17 Mar 08
I hang out wit some of my co-workers just the ones i'm really close 2 that is...And the rest of em I could careless about hanging out with really they just not my type to hang out wit....
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
yeah there is 1 i would hang with maybe cause she is closer to my age but she has 2 kids soooooo
the rest no thanks
@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
17 Mar 08
I have hung out many times with people I work with from my bar job. I have worked there almost seven years now.
As far as my co-workers at the bank, none of us have ever hung out outside of the workplace. We all get along really well but we are all busy with our own lives and just never get together.
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@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Same here :)
I dont hang with my office co-workers but i do with my Aero co-workers
@zhoushuzhen (284)
• China
26 Jun 08
oh,i never hang out with the people in my office outside of work.i almost have no time i can control.i'm very busy at home,when i back to home from work,first i have to cook for my family,then do washing, dishes and clothes.then teach my son to do his homework.the whole night almost gone.even on sundays,it's the only day i can free from my work.sometimes i will go shopping with my family.not often.in fact,i'm quiet woman,don't like hang out with other colleagues.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
30 Jun 08
im not friends with people at my full time job there fore i dont care to hang i have my own life
@annettenasser (2992)
• Kuwait
17 Mar 08
Me, i dont hang out with my co-workers,, normally i just stay at home or go out with common friends as me and my husband had ever since we know each other since im not local here.I prepare to separate life at work and personal life.but i have a good relationship with my collegues at work, i prepare to stay professional and humbel all the time.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Yeah as soon as i hit that door i dont want to see those people until the next day and really would like to then
But its just different at my PT job i get along with most there
@enchantedleppard (1541)
• United States
17 Mar 08
I have a good friend that I hang out with at work, we've been to each others houses and did stuff together occasionally. We get along very well.. she is the only one that I have a friendship with outside of work. I dont know if I could stand hanging out with too many people I work with.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Thats the true i dont like my boss and others are not my age so we have nothing in common
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
17 Mar 08
I had an off-the-farm job in a Factory for 20 years. I got along with everyone just fine, I called everyone a friend but I never hung out with any of them. Most of them had a different work ethic than myself. They worked all week and partied all weekend, while I worked all week at the Factory and all weekend on the Farm.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
oh i see
I just dont like some at my full time job and really dont want to hang out after i want to go home
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
17 Mar 08
yes i hang out with people i work with.i have food with on of my coworker in the hotel.sometimes we go out to see different places.we chat a lot when we are hanging out.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
I dont at one job but i will at the PT one people are just different
@idaantipolo (472)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
Sometimes...especially when our boss invited us after work.
I seldom do this because I usually am tired after work and I'd rather go home and hang out there.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
Yeah i wouldnt go either i dont want to see my boss at work must less outside of work ugh
@ciciwillio (79)
• United States
17 Mar 08
I do not we always say thta we are going to and then never get around to it. Everyone is just always too busy plus most of the people that I work with are single non parents and they don't do the things I do now.
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
18 Mar 08
most of the people in my office are 40 + so there not into what i am at all