While some companies advertise their amazing, collegial, friendly workplaces, it’s fairly rare that everyone in an office becomes great friends—or even gets along well most of the time.
We don’t go to work to make friends, of course—we go to work to get a job done. Still, there’s a difference between maintaining a cordial distance from your colleagues and hating them.
The BBC recently discussed some tips for employees who hate their coworkers. Obviously, “hate” is a strong word, but that’s the term the BBC uses, so we’ll stick with it for this post.