I've been at my work place for 4 years. Hospitality, I enjoy it. I stated the job during covid times and was pregnant with my first and went on maternity leave 4 months after starting, returned after 7 months, I then went back to work just over a year and had annother baby and took 13 months maternity. I was back 6 months before my work temporarily closed for refurb for 2.5 months.
Alot of the staff have been there since when I started. I get along with everyone but I haven't made any work friends like I have in previous jobs, nobody ever contacted me to congratulate me when I had my babies and nobody was in contact during the refurb time off. Part of me likes the fact that my work life and home life are separate. But recently I feel very lonely on work days, especially when I work a few days in a row and don't see any friends or family for a few days to actually have propper conversation with someone other than the small talk. My previous job (pre kids) we went out every week for drinks, had social conversation and laughs, more than the yeah im good chat. I'm a single mum, outside work I meet up with friends who have children, see family regularly and when i dont have the kids I try catch up with the few childless friends I have left.
I like the job, the company is great and the pay is average for what I do. Part of me thinks do I move jobs and find a job where I can make friends and be with people on a simular page to me. Like I've said I get along with everyone at my work but there's nobody at the same page of life than I am, it's a mixed team of teenagers and older people with older kids/grown up kids, nobody late 20s with young children like me.