Galentine’s Guide: Why Your Work Bestie Is Your Best Career Asset
- Feb 13
- 5 min read
Navigating the thin line between professional ally and productivity hazard.
By: Lauren Deats
The Love-Hate Career Relationship
Estimated Read: 16 Minutes
Discussion: Work Relationships
Hey Bloomers!
Grab two lattes and find a quiet corner of the break room. We are celebrating the most supportive, complicated, and essential part of your 9 to 5: the Work Bestie.
Welcome to the ultimate Love-Hate relationship. We love having that one person who understands exactly why "Meeting 47" could have been an email and who knows your coffee order by heart. But we absolutely loathe the potential for distraction, the gossip traps, and the "groupthink" that can turn a powerhouse duo into a professional liability.
Most people don't survive a toxic culture because of the benefits package.
They survive because of the person sitting in the next cubicle over. At Career Bloom Solutions, we believe your workplace friendships should be a strategic advantage. They should not be a reason your manager is raising an eyebrow at your quarterly output.
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