I started a professional training programme as part of a team of 7 just over two years ago. We are a range of ages but mostly late 20s to mid 30s. Some of us married with kids and some single, 4 women and 2 men. When we finish our training next year we will be split into two teams working on separate areas of the same business.
Everyone has got on really well- a few niggles/annoyances but generally It has been a lot of fun. There's an active chat group, we've had a few nights out and I really thought we were quite close knit overall. Two of the team were especially close and now they have fallen out about a minor thing. I assumed it woukd all blow over but it has been weeks now and it is really affecting the whole group dynamics. I'm not really sure how to handle it. I struggle with a tense atmosphere and just want it to go back to how it was a few months ago. We still have one year of training where we all need to work co-operatively before we move to our new areas.
Anyone else been through the same thing? I can't change anything so is it just suck it up until the atmosphere eases. In my old job the work was a lot more individual so it didn't matter whether people got on socially or not.