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Re:The Remote Manifesto by apaatsio on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:40AM (#19787797)
The whole "golf friends" thing doesn't make sense to me. I go to play golf to play golf, not find friends there. That seems to be unpopular opinion, but seriously, why do we mix those things up?

My point being, why do we do bother to do anything with friends? If you're going to do something, whether it be work or play golf, isn't it better with friends than with strangers?

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Re:The Remote Manifesto by malvosenior on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @10:33AM (#19788240)
You choose to play golf, you have to work. It seems imposing to those of us with outside social lives that our co-workers are looking to us to fulfill a non-work role in their lives.

A lot of the conversations in this thread are also very IC centric. If you're a manager, really being open and social with people in your company is more of a liability than something you want to do. Your reports shouldn't be your friends.

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Re:The Remote Manifesto by loco5niner on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @04:27PM (#19791595)
Because you choose your friends, the ones you want to spend time with.

Your coworkers are just the ones who you happen to be around a lot, for the most part.

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