Friendship and socialization at work place

Friendship and socialization at work place - Productivity booster or problem causer

Human beings are known to be social in nature, but friendship sways human relations immensely.

For:

- Relationships, reciprocated support, association are the assets that help in shaping the company’s culture and environment
- These qualities develop a positive culture at the workplace and motivate people to work, if these qualities are abstaining at a workplace it leads to dissatisfaction in job
- By giving the employee freedom of choice whether they would want to work in a group or individually, they will be more productive in either ways and will be more clear with the company goals
- When relations are built , you also build trust for each other and that helps you to work coherently with one another

Against:

- When we create friendship’s at the workplace, it’s easy for our colleagues to take advantage on us and succeed in competition prevailing in the workplace
- Being friends, people know your positives, negatives as well as weak points, which they can take advantage of
- In cases of wariness, it will be easy for a person to bring you down by pointing out your weaknesses
- Unfair treatment is one main criteria faced by a lot when friendship is cultivated between senior and subordinate, which may lead to discernment and vengeance
- Promotion is another critical and important aspect at workplace, if one friend is promoted over other, can lead to bad feelings between the two individuals which may disrupt the workplace.

Conclusion:

- Friendship and socialisation should not be promoted at workplace as instead of doing good, it harms the work culture as well as the relations in the workplace.