Friends at work

I do not believe in friends in the Office.You must be very objective in talks and this is very difficult. These friends in the Office must be with restrictions.

Hi. I agree with you. I always think that it is fun to work with friends, however, it will also become a problem especially when you are working in the same department and one doesn't know how to put a gap between work and personal because even a single comment or critique can hurt the friendship if either party is not handling it professionally. If there is any opportunity to grow, it's best if you think of yourself first. A true friend will always support one another and shows respect with constructive critiques and not talk behind your back if you manage to get yourself to where you are now. That's what I think.

Oh dear med... where were you for a long long time. Really missed you friend. Well, in this world. You need to concentrate about yourself. Just forget what others are doing... From my own experience, i am telling this. In your critical condition, no one is their to help you. If someone comes, then just think about him/her. Have a nice time. Your old friend Shibham...

hi there med889, with regard to your query, it is really quite difficult to be closed to a co-workers especially if the rating and performance is at stake. thus, it will somehow resulted to some misunderstanding in the future. as you cannot avoid the fact of comparing each one to another. as a result, it might affect your relationship as friends, as some not so kind attitude might arise.

You're correct. You need to look for your best interest. You will find that looking out for your friends at work, could bite you in the butt. I found this out the hard way. I took a different position to help my friend/boss and got fired for something I didn't even do. I was absolutely shocked.

Hi friend, friendship and talent is separate things. We have separate skills and talents from our friend/colleague while expressing our talent in our work, we are the opponent to our colleagues, we are in need to express our skills to express our self

For me, I always make sure that I do not let friendship sentiments get in the way with my work. In this case, I can always be fair to everyone around me especially when a friend is wrong or not performing to expectation. It will be easy for me to appraise because I can expect the other person to be impartial like me. It is not that I do not appreciate my friends at work but a line has to be drawn.

It is important to have people who you can talk to at work, because it means that you can get through the day a little bit quicker without feeling as though you're stressed or having too much to do. But at the end of the day, they are colleagues not friends, and this means that you do have to think about your career over them every so often. For example if there is a promotion available, although they might want it as well, you should always try as hard as you possibly can to get it yourself because you have to try hard to improve your own career.

I think you are right, and that's good that you realized this.

Hi med: It's nice to have the possibility to work with your friends in your working area though, sometimes uncomfortable situations may happen. Just make this person clear that you are friends outside the company. But when you are in the company you must be professional. It's a completely different relationship. If someone makes a mistake it must be told and you both know what your functions are. After you finish work you can continue being friends. ALVARO

I think this is the same as what happened to me in college. I had a very close friend, i don't want to sound very smart but she is a bit slow in classes knowing we are in the medical field and then it is like a competition because if you don't pass then you are either going to be kicked out or be left and and retake the class and semester. It was kind of hard being around her because when she is reprimanded by our clinical instructors, i also get in trouble because everyone knew we were very close lol and then they would say that all we do is just hang out and not study at all LOL now i just laugh at it. but yeah sometimes it is very important to think of ourselves first before being concerned about others even if it is our friends. how can we help others if we cant even help ourselves.

Really great to know that you have a great friends with you in your office. Really friends are very important but make sure that you have done your tasks and all your duties well on time and along with it make sure that you are much satisfied about the doings in the office.

Ratings can cause friction in the work place and can cause distance between friends at the work place mainly caused by high targets at the work place i agree people should think about their careers but in my workplace getting a promotion almost soley depends on your performance ratings you know they call it performance management