Work relationships

Today my colleague left the organization.... And I'm still have a lingering feeling of losing a good friend... I'm the kind who gets attached very soon, enuf to miss even just a friend quite terribly..

I had some time in hand so I decided to find out if, making strong, personal relationships at work is really healthy?

There are numerous workplaces in which employee relations are often characterized by utter indifference -- or, worse, jealousy, mistrust, and outright animosity. But I haven't felt that it my team at any point of time, interdepartmental relations somehow incline to those angles though..

A research paper had employees categorized

Engaged Employees - Passionate employees having a profound connection to the org and the people

Not-engaged - "Checked out" personalities, downright indifferent to the work environment

Actively disengaged - Typical lot of employees who are disinterested and frustrated and make it a point to spread the feeling.

Infact since a significant portion of our lives are spent in essentially hostile territory,a rocky workplace relationships may be detrimental to an organization's functioning.

Especially for knowledge workers(IT pros like me) as technology grows ever more complex, jobs become increasingly specialized. That means workers rely on each other more to generate products and services. If problems or tensions hamper these interdependent relationships, delivarables become vulnerable.

With the ever changing technology scenarios and huge expectations from orgs, dependencies on team-mates increases, hence it is essential that we make our work relationships more meaningful to enjoy work as we enjoy family life...