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Making friends mostly at work causes a lot of consensus bias related to economics because it means less exposure to people who didn't get as lucky with any part of the process of getting that job (lemmy.ca)
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[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Plus, people quit and get fired, all the time.

In one sense, there's no point in getting attached to them, because they, like you and me and all of us, are expendable cogs in a capitalist machine.

On the other hand, those networks of "work friends" do tend to get each other jobs when they quit or get fired, so there's some value in making those connections if you plan to stay in the business.