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west-egg t1_j8q0s1q wrote

Reply to comment by dwhite21787 in Federal Government’s Return To Office Delayed By Union Disputes by Super_lobbyist

IMO even shooting the shit has value, in the form of building stronger relationships with your colleagues. Maybe it’s because I work for a smallish organization, but I’ve always found it helpful to find common interests with people whose roles are very different from mine and who I may only interact with a few times a year. It makes the work we do together easier and more productive.

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xhoi t1_j8q5xee wrote

> IMO even shooting the shit has value, in the form of building stronger relationships with your colleagues.

It also has value because it's on the clock.

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dwhite21787 t1_j8q4bjv wrote

I agree, it's intangibly valuable, and I'm pretty resigned that those days are not directly productive to my timesheet cost centers, and apparently that's fine with management. It irks me, but I'm not going to let it raise my blood pressure.

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