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[quote=Anonymous]I have a really good job.  I like the work, I have a nice office, and it's in my field.  However, I don't like my co-workers and this has caused me to start dreading going to work.

Mainly the issue is that I feel like the office outsider.  I was the most recent to be hired, and I've been there almost 2 years now.  However, I don't feel that I fit in with the office and as much as I used to try to make small talk and get to know people, there was always the sense that I was an outsider.  For the first year I would make the effort to eat lunch in the lunch area with everyone else, chat with people briefly if I saw them at the copy machine, etc.  But I noticed that while I was showing interest in others and asking about others' weekends, hobbies, etc., no one ever showed any interest in me or asked me about my weekend.  People would stop by each other's offices to chat, but no one ever stopped by my office to chat, even though I would stop by theirs.  It made me feel incredibly overlooked.  So after the first year I stopped making any effort--just did my job with my office door shut most of the day, and ate lunch in my office half the time.  However, I dread going to work because I just feel so overlooked at work and so much like an outsider, I have been feeling like this for a year and a half.

Our office doesn't get together for happy hours or holiday parties or anything like that--as far as I know, people just go home to their families after work.  It's not the office culture I was hoping for, as I am new to the area and have no family here and just a few acquaintances that I have made through social groups and meetup.

I have started looking for a new job, but am not sure if feeling overlooked and like an outsider should be enough to consider quitting.[/quote]

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