The pandemic has forced our work friendships to evolve. Will they ever be the same again? Here, we explore the nuances of our work friendships during COVID-19.
to take advantage of the flexibility of remote work, the prospect of building relationships in person—the foundation of, well, humanity—is slim.x LinkedIn survey, during the pandemic, about a quarter of women and non-binary respondents moved to a new city or state, where they worked remotely. In addition to the loss of in-person connections with colleagues, these transplants might also be grappling with making friends who live in their new zip code.
Arielle S., a 26-year-old sales and marketing executive, recently relocated from Florida to North Carolina. While she stayed at the same company, she transitioned from a hybrid model to remote full-time. As she attempts to make new friends, she notes that it's been difficult not to have work friends around as a cushion until she finds"her people." But her work friendships were evolving even before the move.
Interrupting our seemingly never-ending to-do lists to sidebar about what we did over the weekend or what we think about Olivia Rodrigo's album has become, quite frankly, exhausting.ways to make real connections, even through a screen, though it's not always easy. As a disabled person, Kristen Parisi, 36, has had tothroughout her career.
"I have a coworker I pinged on Slack one day and I was like, 'I always notice you dress so nicely on these Zoom calls and I'm in crappy T-shirts, where do you do your shopping?'" Parisi recalls."It started from there and very quickly evolved into a friendship with this person I've never met. The majority of our friendship is over Slack."
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