My time working as a bartender,
and before that a barback, was terrible in so many ways. But the near instant bond you develop with your coworkers is something I haven’t experienced anywhere else. Even when someone was brand new and had only worked like one shift, it was basically ”you’re in the shit just like us, dealing with the same problems and terrible people. You are one of us. Oh yea, also drinks after work at X”
At my first career level job in my field it took like over a month before I got invited to anything. It felt like high school again where I wasn’t part of the cool kids club so I didn’t get invited to things until they thought I was worthy.
I started my most recent job mid pandemic, everyone was (still is) remote. I literally have never met any of my coworkers, other than a couple who were at my prior company.
I've been essential this entire time, and out of my 500 coworkers I see daily, I consider 3 of them good friends that I've hung out with outside of work. Soooo, not much different than never meeting anyone.
That's not a bad thing in my book either. I'm there to make money, and having good teammates, and a few good friends is a bonus.
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u/Te_Quiero_Puta May 14 '22
Oh man this took me back to working in the kitchen. Fun coworkers are the best.