Does anyone feel lonely or isolated at work? I sometimes feel i dont belong here. No complains from work, but i dont seem to connect with my colleagues, they seem to have their own “friends” and i feel im not welcomed. Dont know what to do about it. Should i try to make friends or just ignore,do my job and go home.

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Fell good yourself - eat healthy, drink mater as needed, green tea, gym, be active. Focus more on yourself, positive thinking. Just behave well with others when they come in contact and focus on your work. When we keep ourself happy, chances are likely that others would want to involve us. But ultimately, we should focus on our health and well being and enjoy our routine and not dependent on other people behaviors or action for feeling good.

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Thanks so much for taking out time and typing this. Really needed to hear this. 😊

I'm in the same boat. A Hindi speaking guy working in Chennai with a team full of Tamil speaking. It's very hard to push yourself into their circle.

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Bhai sabko ignore Karo and mast raho

Lately, I feel it sometimes too. Esp after this lockdown. Before lockdown, I used to have a close set of connected friends at work (outside my team) and we used to have fun, have lunch together and discuss so many things from crazy business ideas to retirement plans. It was lively, the connection was honest.

Post lockdown, after this WFH esp, I crave this connection at work as I feel it's necessary too. Although I know most people tell it is not practical to expect to make friends at work, I believe it is necessary as we spend most of our time at work. A good friend wud also enable some ppl to contribute well at work and have a balanced career. However finding such people are becoming harder (to me currently)

Anyway which company are you working for? I am from FIS Global.

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