At workplace, we move
around many colleagues. As the project progresses, our relationships deepens with them. Time passes by and colleagues turn into good friends for life. Whereas, some just become acquaintances. And of course, there are the rest whom we cannot stand…so much so that we would not like to work with them again. And as they say, there are real friends and there are friends’ for-a-reason?
There are people who claim to be your best friend. You genuinely believe they want the best of and for you and you share everything about yourself, they too share some of their details. Later they go around telling every other person some secret you shared. You then realize that they are friends-for-a-reason.
There are people who would share everything with you from the day they were born until the current day and you think they are your friends. Next day you share something and they wouldn’t want to listen. They actually want you to carry their history and be a free advertisement for their achievements and skills. They are also friends-for-a-reason.
Then there are people who are your best friends and they genuinely show friendship. But that lasts only till the project lasts. After that they find other best friends and carry on with that project. You’re left wondering, how this person turned into a friends-for-a-reason. These people cause the most heartaches because somewhere you expected this friendship and it turned out to be only for a reason!
At the end of the day you eventually become a friends-for-a-reason, over years of experience. Experience in same project, different project, same company, different company!
I sometimes wonder, where are the days when friendship was genuine and the only condition was to be a friend. Where are the days when you said ‘You are my friend’ and you really meant each word in its entirety.
A few decades back when I started my career this was not the case. I still have friends from my initial organization. After that I don’t remember any from the later organization. I along with them turned into ‘friends-for-a-reason’.
True friendship was what we had in college and even today when you call your friends the fondness of friendship is still around. They still think for your good, they listen genuinely, they give suggestions because they mean it, and they scold us when we are wrong.
When will we find true friends in work places too, does it have to be only for a reason?
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Far
Written truly from the heart.. it is candid and sheds light on what we all do unknowingly or otherwise..
In keeping with the fast pace of life, we at times do not realize the impact of our actions, or even justify them as the most natural thing to do.. In reality we always have choices which eventually define us.
Dharani
Nice article in few scenarios we may find good friends at work place too.
Varsha Paralikar
This is so perfectly written. I appreciate the maturity and sensitivity of the writer. Looking forward for more articles.