Are you friends with your coworkers?

Sukairain

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I knew a couple of them before I started working there, and we're still cool now. Otherwise, no, not unless you count a Snapchat add
 

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You have to socialize with them in my line of work:francis:

It's not that deep tho. Go out for a bite every now and then. Show your face at parties and then dip etc.. just to show that you can be social. I don't have any deep friendship with ppl from work. At all. I keep my personal life strictly separate.

Somebody brings up politics, religion etc I change the subject.
 

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Man...you might as well be on the street hustling when it comes to dealing with co workers..

I seen co workers who were buddies turn enemies..

I seen co workers form alliances for money purposes knowing that they don't like each other..

I seen co workers pocket watch

You got co workers who are cool with other co workers that their bff despises

I found a few gems, but they are the newbies...

I get mines and go..:pachaha:
 

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No cause they all snitchin azz, racist azz, stealin people lunch azz, never washin they hands after usin the bathroom azz Mexicans :hhh:

Good thing I speak Spanish so they can't call us mayate when I'm around

They snitch to the manager about everything and will backstab you any chance they get.
Use to work with a bunch of Mexicans, Little did they know I was Panamanian and know a decent bit of Spanish

Heard one of em call me lazy and I clapped back :birdman:
 

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Not the cacs. I go in, work, and avoid 75% of conversations. I smashed a couple of chicks, get sexually harassed by one, and I have two homies that work with me. Both are supervisors.
 

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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.
 

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I don't live with cacs so my experiences might be different to y'all but I have quite a few friends at work. One dude knows his girl wants me to smash so he stopped talking to me and left the job tho :mjlol:
 
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