keep it businesslike, especially if its cacs
Rules of work are simple.
Be polite but not nice.
Keep to yourself.
Don't talk too much and share information about yourself. They should know very little about you and label you boring, which is good.
Never gossip, keep neutral even if you hate the other party.
If someone shares important information, record it and tell it to no one.
Never flirt back with female coworkers, no matter how attractive they are. shyt this is one is hard because there are some fine women who give you signals that they are open to the idea of getting smashed.
Punch out and gtfo there.
You follow this and you won't have any problems.
Eh.... I don't think this is the best advice if one is trying to move up the ranks, unless one is satisfied with being in a stagnant position.
You have to demonstrate that you are social. Many companies partially hire based off of qualifications but more importantly off of who they perceive to be a "good fit." Good fit being determined by asking the question "is this the type of person that I can go out for a drink and chop it up with and have things in common." Or "is this the type of person I can stand to be stranded at an airport for 10 hours."
Hard to advance nowadays without demonstrating social capital. Also, you get away with so much more if folks can vouch for you, which typically happens not on the job, but typically at after work or off the job functions. You can be mediocre or unqualified, but if you get it on well with your manager or peers, a lot of stuff (not all) will be overlooked. I see it all the time and personally, when I know I've dropped the ball on things, the close relationships I've developed with coworkers, helped them overlook a few things that should not have been overlooked.
Quite frankly, in today's working society, the attitude that many brehs have of "going in, doing the job, and going home" is actually doing more harm than good and is potentially keeping us out of advancement opportunities.
It's a game of strategy. We can spend hours at home on Madden or 2k thinking up strategy, but not apply the same thinking to real life.
Office politics is strategy to real life advancement.