For many years before my present job, I worked remotely, and thus the only time I saw coworkers was during online meetings, which I always find stressful. Now I work in an office and have a cohort of fellow employees whom I socialize with. I don’t really care if it makes us more productive at work because we socialize, but it is a valuable social outlet.

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I work in a very large organization, so I can pick and choose whom I socialize with. I like that I don’t have to be everyone’s friend.

Yes sir I totally agree, I work in an advertising agency, and I head a group of young creative guys "my team"  we constantly relate because that how we get the deliverables out

Socializing especially at work is great when you work with good people.

I, too, can be exhausted by socializing. I only socialize with a select group of coworkers who are familiar to me, so the conversation come easily. We generally see films (I see a lot of films, as my feed reveals) and then go out for drinks (the cinema has an excellent bar and bartender). For me, the familiarity takes away stress, but I am not neuro-divergent, so my experience will vary.

Works for extroverts but slightly introverted autists like myself don't really get as much from the socializing while office work hurts my performance. We do have sauna evenings monthly though with Phaver. 🍻