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ButterflyEffect  ·  3996 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Happens When One of Your Coworkers Dies | The Billfold

    “I keep making these pledges to get to know people here,” she says, “and then in the very next second I know that I’m not going to, that it’s too hard. At least back in Australia I have family waiting for me at the end of the day.”

This is one of the most powerful points of this article. People think they know the people that they work with but most people don't really know their co-workers outside of work. People have families and other stuff to do after work and a lot of the time it seems like people would rather just not bother. Working somewhere where you already have a base is a huge plus and something that I don't think is emphasized by most people.