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    Rosie Girl    September 18, 2010   Montana

    I can't stand 75+% of the people I work with! I only really like probably 5 out of the people here!!! What about you?

     
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    newbiecici    September 18, 2010   Louisiana

    I feel the same way!  I work in a lab with about 65 people and I really only talk to a handful of them, mostly the ones I work directly with.  I try to say "good morning" and "hello" to everyone else when I see them in the break room, hallway, etc. and most of them just look at me like I'm retarted and don't speak.  This would be why only about eleven people from work are going to be invited to my wedding.

     
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    MissHelen    November 20, 2010   California

    I'm pretty lucky as far as this goes. I work for a small company that my brother and sister also happen to work for, so it's pretty cool. The other guy we work with is nice enough, and the owner of the company is a very generous man.

     
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    okqueenbee    Dec 4, 2009   OKC

    Yep, for the most part... There is ONE person who I don't think likes me.. She is not verbally rude to me or anything, but you can usally get that vibe when someone doesn't care for you. Oh well, can't get along with everyone.

     
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    finnaroo    August 7, 2010   DC (living in nyc now)

    i am incredibly lucky--my department has a huge number of junior staff all around the same age and they are all great. my moh actually used to work here, which is how we met! there's lots of happy hours and stuff, it just makes everything so much better. in fact, the biggest guest list drama i think we're going to have is deciding who of my coworkers to invite and how to avoid hurt feelings or awkwardness...!

    on the other hand, fi isn't friends with his coworkers outside of work, i think he gets jealous...

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    love them (probably because it's my company and i hired them :D) before then i couldn't stand a huge majority of mine. there was a racist idiot that sat across from me in my former job and the sound of her voice made me want to scream :D

     
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    KSeniff54    June 5, 2010   Orange County, CA

    I absolutely LOVE all of my co-workers! It could also be that 99% of them are all guys, and I work for an automotive engineering firm, so there's NEVER any drama and they're all totally interesting!! However, at my last job, I could NOT stand anyone who worked there. It made going into work and doing my job miserable... It might be time for a change if you're feeling this way. My FI noticed it ASAP when I switched jobs, the quality of my life was just enhanced tri-fold!! Good luck!! Kiss

     
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    RecessionistaBride    January 28, 2012  

    I love every single one of my co-workers on a personal level. I can't stand someones work ethic (or lack of), but I still think she's an awesome person! For that reason, she only works once a week lol.

    For the most part, we spend more time with our co-workers than we do with our own families. Rosie, I think you should look for another job (if possible). I couldn't imagine working in a place where I couldn't stand the majority of my coworkers! Life is too short to spend that much time with people you don't like.

     
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    CorgiTales    February 1, 2011  

    Haha it is just me and my boss, and occasionally his son helps us out when he has time. I love them! My boss is a really terrific (if super weird) person who treats me like his daughter. His son is my age and is super super nice. I really could not ask for better. I DO wish that there were a few more people just so I could have some coworkers to hang with... but thats a really small complaint.

     
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    redherring    September 11, 2010   Pittsburgh, PA

    I'm currently unemployed - my coworkers are all awesome! However, in the jobs I've had in the past, my overall satisfaction was very directly correlated with how many of my coworkers I liked. If you dislike that many of them, I can't imagine that you're happy there.

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    The one girl I dislike out of 17 people just left. So I can say I like everyone I work with!!!! YAY!

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    I really only have two bosses I deal with every day and they are great and then am a manager and so I think being the boss of 60+ makes it easier...I like most of them and most of them are nice to me ;) haha I think they almost all like me but even if they don't...can't say much :X hehe just kidding I'm a really nice, get the job done but approachable boss (I think!)

     
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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    Not at all, and my boss is the worst!  I feel like I can't trust anyone there.  It's sad because I feel like there's only one person I can trust there, and they made it so we can't work together anymore.  Can't wait until I can find a new job! 

     
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    ccranetobe    August 14, 2010  

    I get along with 90% if the 60 workers were Im at... there a few I dont understand, but as long as I can work with them professionally I dont mind.

    I have a job, where I can walk in and walk out and leave work at the door. Its handy, but the job is not originally what I hae been trained to do or particularly want to do. But that happens in life. I am waiting in august after the wedding to go after something I want to do, or create my own business.

    All other jobs ive had its been fine!

     
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    Laylabelle    November 7, 2009  

    NO, NO, NO! A million times - NO!!

    I've always gotten along with my coworkers, even becoming (and remaining) friends with most of them. But this place is seriously weird... and so are the people.

     
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    MsMamaBear       Atlanta

    If liking means go outside of work and hang out, nope I don't like any of them.LOL

    I speak and such, but I dont go into my life story. I've heard that I was mean because I dont speak ALL the time. I said hello, damn. I don't kiss ass.

     
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    Lees4308    March 13, 2010   Panama City Beach, FL.

    I like the people I work with now!! But that's only because they're my family :)

    BUT before here I worked at a Vet as a Vet Technician...& OMG those girls were biz-notches! I couldn't stand them, I had to get out!!!

     
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    WDWBride    March 3, 2010   Walt Disney World

    No...most of them no, definitely not.  Most of them really lack work ethic and I ended up doing most of the work!  Your life doens't have to be work, but when you are here at least do your job.  And in my departmetn no one is getting fired any time soon since we have a reputation of firing people.  I hate office politics!

     
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    Sharron04    April or May 2011  

    I do enjoy most of the people I work with. There are about 3 people in out building that I just cannot stand!! But other than that I LOVE my job!!

     
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    jennifer_espos    June 18, 2010   NYC

    Big fat NO on that one.  My program has 4 people in it and I'm pretty sure 2 of them stay up at night to figure out how to make things more difficult and frustrating for me.  The rest of my co-workers are fine, some are good friends but we don't get to communicate to often while at work. 

     
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    phedre    August 9, 2010   New Orleans, LA

    I feel fortunate because I love 95% of my coworkers.  Most of them are very nice and friendly but there are a couple of bad apples that I think about strangling on a regular basis :P

     
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    bree72    December 31, 2008  

    While I don't hang out with any of my coworkers, I do like most of them. I don't really have anything in common with them (most are older than me), but I've always felt like if I have to be with these people all day, I am going to go out of my way to be nice to them and expect the same so that the workplace stays pleasant. I think everyone I work with pretty much acts in the same manner.

    When I was in high school, I worked in the mall and was hired at the same time as this girl who went to school with me that I hated. But I tried to be very pleasant at work because I feel like if you're nasty, you are just making things harder for yourself.

    I am always amazed at people who go into the workplace and immediately get snarky or clique-ish. It can really make the workplace uncomfortable and I just don't understand it.

     
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    tvilase    11/28/09   Los Angeles

    I left my last job for a lot of reasons, but not liking my coworkers was a big part of it. If you like your coworkers, it's easier to deal with the other parts of your job you don't like. But I got along with only 1 person (and that's never happened to me before at a job!). I was so unhappy that my husband (he was my fiance at the time) told me it just wasn't worth it - the pay wasn't that great and he was able to support me until I found another one. Oddly enough, 6 weeks after I left, a couple interviews came my way out of nowhere and I've only been at my new job for 2 weeks, but I already like the people so much more.

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    some, but definitely not all.  I can't relate to them, and they can't relate to me.  One I wouldn't trust for anything, very backhanded.  It's "our" goal to have a better work environment next year, but nothing proactive is being done about it, except telling us to do so. 

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    OMG not even a little bit. There is one person I would consider my real friend (and we don't even work together directly ever), and barely a handful of people I can tolerate. Everyone else is a COMPLETE moron and they make me want to scream.

     
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    DaisyBride    June 1, 2009  

    At my current job I don't have strong feelings either way with people.  Some people are slightly annoying but for the most part I'm friendly with everyone.

    My last job was the complete opposite.  I was extremely close to some people, like we went out after work, have been to each others houses and have remained friends after leaving that place.  There were other people there that I absolutely HATED (and I don't use that term lightly).  These were people that literally made my life at that company miserable.  I'd have to write a book to explain it all but it was BAD.  Over the course of a few months, I (and the people I was close to) all quit our jobs there.  A month after that, they closed the department and all the people I couldn't stand got let go (one guy I did like got transferred to a different department), I was absolutely thrilled when I heard this. 

     
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    studentbride    December 12, 2009   Texas

    i get along with everyone. but not really. looking for a new job NOW

     
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    ProudPeacockBride    August 13, 2011   Washington

    I LOVE my boss and co-worker! I work in a small "one-man" office, so I'm fortunate to work alone most of the time. But I really hit it off with my co-worker and boss. We're quite the team!

     
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    allisonc    October 9, 2010   Boston, MA, wedding in Middletown, CT

    Now that so many of my coworkers have moved on (including the one that commented on EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF FOOD I ATE!) I am pretty much indifferent to my officemates. They're nice, but we don't hang out after work or anything. Everyone is quiet and minds their own business, which is similar to everyone else on our floor. I'll take it though! I miss my fieldwork jobs/coworkers....we had so much fun working in the great outdoors together :P

     
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    dsuhornets    May 22, 2010   Bronx, NY

    I only like 3-5 of my co-workers.  We are a staff of 60 plus.  They annoy me to no end with the constant gossiping, and stabbing each other behind the back.  Ughhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Our small anti-social crew is the best.  We support each other, and we have formed a bond like no other.  They are the only reason I like going to work each day. 

     

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