Poll of the Day > Do you prefer to work at a place with lots or few co-workers?

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......i may be in the minority though, well let's see.
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The fewer the better.
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Pretty been much self-employed all my life...now trying to get my start-up going.

My problem is I often work harder/smarter than those around me and I tend to be silent/focused as I do it. So I'm not much of a social butterfly when working.

Less people = less drama.

Only "real" job I've had was a place that had about 120 at peak, which seemed like a decent number. That's about right on the threshold where you can know almost everyone there, or at least their name. I don't think I'd like a small workplace since I imagine it would be harder to make friends there.

Just me. My other coworker is missing.
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DorkLink posted...

Only "real" job I've had was a place that had about 120 at peak, which seemed like a decent number. That's about right on the threshold where you can know almost everyone there, or at least their name. I don't think I'd like a small workplace since I imagine it would be harder to make friends there.

I work at a huge retail store, so only like 90 at most in the store at any one time, but i think the total store employs more than 500 people, but i do prefer large workplaces
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Yep less people less hassle.
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My I work with a couple dozen co-workers, and that's fine for me. It's enough people that there is someone to go to for help if I really need it but not so much that I'm constantly bumping into anyone or getting distracted.
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Granted, when I was younger and started out 'working' regular jobs, (18), having many co-workers was ok.

But as I got older and more ambitious, having many co-workers (and many supervisors and bosses) can get annoying, QUICK.

The only reason I have my current job is because I managed to find an opening for a shift where I work alone. I've worked with partners before and it was 8 hours of torture, I hated it. I have to spend 5 minutes with the other workers during shift change, and that stresses me out. Plus, now there's a new guy who arrives in 40 minutes early to sit in the office and talk... I despise that so much. Just leave me alone, please.
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you need to force yourself to get more sociable, that would solve a lot of your problems
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Fewer = / = better, but more than 100 is definitely too much. Hell, 50 is definitely too much. I would prefer no more than 30 co-workers, including managers and the like.
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KazGT6 posted...

you need to force yourself to get more sociable, that would solve a lot of your problems

I know, but it's stressful to be around people. It's pretty much the thing I hate most in life. >_<
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Read that at first as having a lot of female coworkers. At any rate, 11-25 co-workers is a good number; more specifically 15-25.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

KazGT6 posted...

you need to force yourself to get more sociable, that would solve a lot of your problems

I know, but it's stressful to be around people. It's pretty much the thing I hate most in life. >_<

do you have any close friends besides your family? do you socialize at all with others at your work?
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Honestly, I'd say <100 is fine with me.

Unfortunately, there's like 500 or so in the building where I work so it's a little busy. Company-wide is around 5,000. And yeah, our 5-person help desk/tech support team covers this 5,000 group.

Coworkers that I interact with or coworkers that happen to work at the same place that I don't interact with?

I've never had a job where I interact with more than 25 coworkers. The second is largely irrelevant to me.
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KazGT6 posted...

KogaSteelfang posted...

KazGT6 posted...

you need to force yourself to get more sociable, that would solve a lot of your problems

I know, but it's stressful to be around people. It's pretty much the thing I hate most in life. >_<

do you have any close friends besides your family? do you socialize at all with others at your work?

I don't have any friends at all, and I'm not terribly close with my family either. And no, work socialization is all. Gamefaqs is pretty much my entire sicial life.
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Preference is solo but no option. Voted 100+. In my experience the drama vs amount of people has always been inversely related when people > 1.

KogaSteelfang posted...

KazGT6 posted...

you need to force yourself to get more sociable, that would solve a lot of your problems

I know, but it's stressful to be around people. It's pretty much the thing I hate most in life. >_<

Amen.
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