How important is it to you to bond with your coworkers outside of the office? I honestly couldn't care less, but my manager told me today that people think I'm hostile and standoffish. He said I could improve the way people viewed me if I attended the team happy hour or joined people in the breakroom during lunch.

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I mean, who really cares though? At the end of the day if you’re happy who gives a crap?

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I don’t think going to a happy hour will help if you are considered hostile

If anything it will probably make them more hostile 🤷🏼‍♂️

“Hostile” is not a great way to be described. Why do you think they see you that way?

I’m pretty sure going to eat with everybody is just normal human behavoir

Somewhat important - just to keep your job and get good reviews. Eating lunch with them seems easy enough. Hard pass on happy hour tho - that's eating into your own free time and not everyone drinks or wants to spend extra cash.

It really depends on the role, but as an account exec people will have an expectation that you are a "people person" and so if you don't at least pay lip-service to interacting with your co-workers they will assume it's because you think you are too good for them.

Honestly invest a couple of lunch breaks a week in sitting in the same room as them and letting them talk at you about their kids/dogs/football - you can pretty much zone out and just nod and occasionally mutter "for sure" or "absolutely" and they'll think you are a decent person interested in their colleagues

Is your boss Michael Scott?

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