Do you touch your coworkers?

[Anonymous]

All the time. The busier it is, the more we collide. Nobody cares or thinks about it.

[Anonymous]

I'm ok with hugs, and throughout my career had coworkers with whom I hugged on special occasions/more informal situations.
Professional interactions/introductions were handshakes only.
I recently started the new job, people here hug all the time. It felt very weird to hug with CFO during introduction, tbh.

[Anonymous]

Never and I don't want to be touched.

[Anonymous]

Not typically but when I was out for an extended period, a couple co-workers hugged me upon my return. It was spontaneous.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I "deeply" touched two and now divorced.

[Anonymous]

I’m in an office with about 70 people and known to be the “mom.” I have both given hugs and received hugs others have initiated. It’s totally situational and person-dependent.

[Anonymous]

I am a natural hugger but have scaled back a lot due to the discomfort it brings many others. Every now and again, if I haven't seen someone in a while, I hug them.

[Anonymous]

Yes, people are pretty huggy across genders. The company is remote, so a lot of us don’t see each other in person often. During our offsites a few times a year people hug as a greeting and to say goodbye.

[Anonymous]

I hate it. Please don't touch me ever! Unless I'm unconscious and need CPR.

[Anonymous]

None. I think hugs are used as manipulation in a workplace.
I only hug family members and longtime friends.

[Anonymous]

Pls keep your dirty hands to yourself. My smiles at work are purely professional, they don’t mean you can advance on me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rarely. Like once every couple of years bumping into a close friend who also happens to be a coworker at a conference.

Regularly interactions or people I regular see - never more than a handshake

Do you shake hands still? Do you do it less than before covid started?

Yes, I shake hands as much as I did pre covid.

[Anonymous]

I'm male, won't touch a woman at work other than a high-five.

[Anonymous]

I have seen threads like this before and it makes me feel like maybe dc and New York are super different.
Yes we all hug quite frequently - my boss hugs me when he sees me. I have worked at more than 10 companies and this has always been true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Do you ever touch your coworkers? If so, where? Arm/back/etc.? Same gender/opposite gender?

My female coworkers and I sometimes hug, such as last year when I put my dog down and a coworker hugged me. My male coworkers and I never touch each other.

Depends. People I have known a long time and have a bond with, yes. I am also a hugger, so I'm totally fine with hugging in general.

I had a boss that was sort of "handsy" once, but you were always wondering if he was just super polite - gentlemanly hand on the back at times, hand offered when getting out of a car, etc. or what. It didn't bother me.