How well do your work colleagues know each other?

[BigfluffybearBum]

I'm working in a lovely place at the minute but I find it odd. My colleagues seem to know the ins and outs of each other's lives and are very close. A part of me thinks it's lovely but then I've never worked anywhere like That? I always thought best to keep a distance with colleagues

Quite well. Some of us have worked together for years, I’ve been there 12 years and many were there when I started. There are some I don’t know so well, but I still know their basic family set up etc.

I share an office with two lovely women. I've been there six months but they have worked together for well over 20 years. They know each other backwards. I think it's lovely.

Fairly well. Two were friends before work, the others have worked together for 19 years. None are best friends outside of work. It's a small business in a small town. Everyone knows everyone!

I used to work in a place where we were all really close. We had such a laugh and really knew how to make the most of each other's strengths. Really miss it.

I know most of my colleagues really well. We are close friends and have worked together for years. Brilliant people.

At my last workplace we kept a distance more, but my current team is really close. We are often all round my boss' house and I consider his wife a friend too. We know what's going on in everyone's lives and I love going to work - the team is a massive part of that. But we've just had someone new start and I'm very conscious of how difficult it is to become part of an already close team so I really need to make more of an effort not to be cliquey.

I work in a small team of 3, and I'm pretty close to them. Our job is uniquely stressful, so we bonded quickly over that.

Having said that, I've never worked in a place that wasn't a close knit team - from student retail work to professional.

My last team were quite joyless and I could never say anything as it would be twisted so it's odd to work somewhere nice

I have known some of my present colleagues since 2000. We’ve been through marriage, birth, divorce, new partners, domestic violence, adoption, family terminal illness, bereavement, various issues with the kids, serious personal illness, kids’ illnesses - serious & less so - etc together. Not all to the same person! It forges a connection. And as a single parent I spend more time with the colleagues I work most closely with during term time than any other adult.