Anonymous wrote:Echoing what a lot of PPs have said. I hardly ever socialize with my coworkers. When I was in private practice, we'd frequently eat lunch together, and there were many happy hours. (And I did have kids then, too, so it's not like I was a young child-free thing!) And I really LIKED my coworkers; I still email and call and hang out with my former private practice friends, some of whom are also feds now.
In the federal sector, while I like my coworkers, I like them at WORK. I don't want them to be my "outside" friends. (Maybe I'm just too big of an introvert who has decided that I have enough friends!)
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