I like working at home, but I miss the camaraderie I had with coworkers a lot! Tonight I realized it may no longer exist. Camaderie that is, 8n the average workplace.
Asking, because I've been reading employee boards of several businesses. It seems to be, 3ver man for himself and hate for coworkers and customers?
But there is this young girl who posts pics of her job, nearly every day. I think she's really cute and likable. Today she posted a pic with a coworker, "chillin'" on top a mountain of their work. They both looked so happy, like they enjoy each other.
Thats what I remember. I loved to work with, Ben, and many others. I liked it far better than I do working alone.
What do you think?
I remember that camaraderie when I was young. I even applied and got a job in retail after observing this and wanting to be part of it.
But I noticed it already starting to decline even twenty years ago.
New to forum. And I actually joined because of the topic work friends and the astrology behind it.
My job is overrun by tauruses (myself included). And we get along swimmingly. It's hilarious actually. I do plan on leaving this place eventually and I can say that the camaraderie with my coworkers is something I'll miss a lot!
Thankfully I live right across the road from the office and a couple of those close work friends live less 5 mins away on foot.
When you meet those cool coworkers, they're a treasure
That's wonderful! I'm often nostalgic for the good old days that I didn't really value enough at the time.
This is what I'm talking about. This girl is delightful and if that's her friend/co-worker, same thing.
Also, these are real people not the tricky stuff that now makes up more than 80% of the internet. (I really mean 95%.)
@elsa Looks like they work in the cooler with dairy products. Just guessing. That’s my daughter’s current position.
Glad they get along so well.
@sue-ellen yes, and they will remember this time in their lives. I wish there were a lot more content like this. Not contrived, I mean. They're not trying to be peo0le they're not.
I like and sorely miss that. I have Venus in the 6th after all. 😊
Because of all my job changes, I had six sets of coworkers in the past year. They're definitely not the more friendly type I'm used to from 20+ years ago. They're nice but guarded. I mean, the last job I had came complete with a screaming psycho who's not anyone's boss but acts like he is (he had a say in my termination too wtf 😵💫). Who wouldn't be guarded when that's running around the office?
I'm tired of the nutjobs and weirdos and wish there were less of them in positions of power. There didn't seem to be as much of that nonsense years ago.
When I was a lifeguard, my coworkers were my best friends. We had legendary staff parties. People talked about them for years. Booze cruises, house parties, DMB concerts, the works. Sometimes this was after 12 hour work days (I know I know sitting in the sun how tough, but we also taught swim lessons and had to get our workouts in around work hours too because a lot of us were athletes training in the off season).
When I was a trader we had all expenses paid "team building" weekend in Vegas every year. Open bar, suite in the nicest hotels, transportation in party buses, clubbing with Paris Hilton there. My coworker became my roommate. I married a coworker. 6 other couples of coworkers got married. We went to charity events together, weekends to the mountains, to the Hamptons, out to clubs.
When I started over to climb my way into banking in a new city, a couple of my coworkers became my best friends. We went to concerts together, local festivals, Derby, out for NYE. At work we had regular potlucks, a "Fun" committee, a fantasy football league, holiday drinks.
When my hard work paid off and I got into banking (2016), that all fizzled. New group of coworkers. Friendly enough, but no extracurricular time together outside work, aside from maybe 3x/year with one of them. It's clear that management is lacking leadership qualities and rather angling for control. I have been able to take on additional responsibilities and therefore working groups outside of this immediate team, which makes me a difficult target for that control. I was also willing to lose it all when it came time for everyone to become fully aware of certain medical choices. There are certain corporate trends occurring too that don't necessarily reward a job well done.
I am a Scorpio rising, a Gemini sun, and a Taurus moon. 6th house moon. I am happy to make your job easier, and with a Virgo MC, I will also make you look good. 12th house mars/saturn, I can really focus and drive toward big time objectives - do the right thing even when the results may never even be visible to me. But that Scorpio rising of mine is doing the lions share of the work with this immediate/local group. Management would love to bring me down - I have mercury in Taurus. I need solid evidence. I get astonishingly bad advice. I really love what I do though and know other colleagues are decent people dealing with this too.
Time for Pluto in Aquarius. The grass isn't always greener. I am grateful to have a job and human coworkers.