Is going to the office a broken way of working?

Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by perlpimp on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:09PM (#28833664)

It seems that to participate in group activities you have to bring friends you have nowadays instead of going out and making friends. My view might be wrong.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by spbaar on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:33PM (#28833846)

truth. went to a gyms happy hour and me and a girl were there alone otherwise everyone else went off in their groups of 3 or 4 they knew already lol.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by acwan93 on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:00PM (#28835233)

Yep. This has been studied in MBA networking events too where the only person who ended up meeting everyone was the bartender.

>The few new meetings that did take place tended to be with others who were like themselves: the consultants talked to consultants, and the bankers talked to bankers. In terms of both new conversations and diverse connections, the most successful networker at the event turned out to be the bartender. https://hbr.org/2018/05/go-ahead-skip-that-networking-event

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by andrei_says_ on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:19PM (#28835364)

Could it be that there's a bit of bias in the study?

Similar to the biases related to the fact that the majority of psychological studies were run on predominantly rich, predominantly white students at well-funded universities?

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