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[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 1 month ago

No we don't. Work is work, not fucking community.

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I like my coworkers. They're cool. I just went to acro yoga with one, and go bouldering with another. We show up, talk shit, and get the job done - sometimes it's a good time. Sometimes we get our asses kicked. But that builds camradrie, too.

I will say, this is blue collar stuff. When I worked as a software dev, I definitely didn't care about spending much time with my coworkers.

[-] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 month ago

Yes I do, speak for yourself.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 1 month ago

Well, just from reading that I can assure you your coworkers don't.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I guess it's a poor choice of words but there's definite value in workplace camaraderie. Don't let your jadedness fuel the bosses' union busting.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 month ago

Unions aren't community.

They're a necessary defence mechanism against capitalism.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Humour is a defence mechanism. Altruism is a defence mechanism. And with those two, camaraderie is a given.

Also it would be a sorry state of affairs if workers under capitalism had their defence mechanisms, but not canalisation workers shovelling literal shit.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Unions haven't got anything to do with it. Unions are about protecting you from unfair business practises, it's not a social club, nor do they try to be.

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