• rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    592·
    1 hour ago

    Pick a coworker you don’t hate.

    Ask if they want to join you for lunch.

    If they agree, invite them again. Re-invite until it’s expected. Have them bring coworkers they don’t hate, or more likely they’ll bring people to you. All of a sudden, you have a friend group.

    Now, start talking about workplace grievances. When your friend group is agitated to the point of mobilizing, you have yourself a union organizing committee

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        1 hour ago

        Do you really hate all of your coworkers, or do you despise your job so much that any inconvenience is attributed to the messenger and not the boss

    • architect@thelemmy.club
      31·
      18 minutes ago

      Nah that’s just work friends. Those aren’t real friends. You will lose them when you change jobs.

      Go to the same place every day. Become a part of the scenery. Eventually people will approach you because you are familiar. Invite them to take a seat. Friends.

      • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
        1·
        3 minutes ago

        I made lots of permanent friends at one of my jobs, but I didn’t have a long commute or anything, we live 20 minutes apart only because they had a commute

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        6 minutes ago

        Work friends become real friends once you turn the work-friend group into an organizing committee. I still have dozens of friends from my previous job, because we were organizing together

        • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
          1·
          2 minutes ago

          Man, I just remembered to text the folks who went out for beers after work when I found a new job, and we’re still friends and have all mostly quit drinking.

    • yucandu@lemmy.world
      4·
      41 minutes ago

      I tried this but then the friend group all agreed that I was a piece of shit and kicked me out.