Should you treat coworkers as friends?

Being friendly with your coworkers can provide more opportunities for collaboration and make it a less strenuous task. As friends, you and your colleagues may feel more comfortable sharing your opinions, offering expertise and working together.

Do most people like their coworkers?

Overall, our survey indicated people like the number of work friends they have—76 percent report they’re satisfied. Of those remaining, 20 percent said they’d like more friends and four percent said they have too many.

How do you deal with an overly friendly coworker?

Go back to your work area and close the door (if you have one). Stay busy so that your coworker gets the hint that you don’t have time to either share your secrets or listen to hers. Keep your personal life to yourself. If you share too much, you open the door for others to do the same.

How to deal with toxic co-workers?

Enlist Supporters. Form friendships with positive people in the office.

What is the difference between a friend and a coworker?

As nouns the difference between friend and coworker. is that friend is a person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection while coworker is somebody with whom one works; a companion or workmate.

Why do we need best friends at work?

Employees report that when they have friends at work, their job is more fun, enjoyable, worthwhile, and satisfying. Gallup found that close work friendships boost employee satisfaction by 50\% and people with a best friend at work are seven times more likely to engage fully in their work. Camaraderie is more than just having fun, though.