Studies have shown that having friendships at work can boost happiness and productivity.
And cultivating these close relationships is even more important now as lockdowns and isolationthat having friends at work has benefits," says Marissa King of the Yale School of Management. "We get our sense of purpose and our intrinsic sense of motivation through relationships."
Having one or two close friends at work makes people engage more with their tasks and the broader mission of their companies. And it makes them less likely to quit, King says. According to a study by author and researcher Tom Rath, people with close work friends were 96% more likely to say they felt "extremely satisfied with life."
And during the pandemic, when people have so little choice over how they work or where they work, being able to control who our work friends and confidants are can be a big source of comfort, King tells me.For example, befriending someone in a different department could boost creativity by exposing you to new ideas.But, but, but:The average American has five friends at work, but the majority of these relationships are surface-level.
Says King, "When boundaries get blurred, you feel forced to make a choice of, 'Am I loyal to a person or am I loyal to my work?'"
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