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Old 06-07-2006, 09:29 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Teamwork (RANT) Am I the bad apple?

I work in a group of 12 people, some techs, some admin staff. Out of that 12 I consider 2 of them buddies as we hang out off hours - the rest of them I have little in common with or just flat out don't like and thus don't hang out with them on my free time.

About a year ago my boss changed the salutation on his group emails from "All -" to "Team -" honestly I really didn't care - then the little motiviational team sayings started appearing in his signature shortly after that they started showing on his office door and walls.

Now we're to the point where we're being asked to participate in off hours team building activities and the boss is finding that nobody really wants to but with the exception of myself and the other redneck nobody really wants to admit to why.

Am I wrong in my opinion that not wanting to spend my free time with each and every person that I work with is not only perfectly normal but healthy to a degree? Am I wrong that maybe we're the wrong kind of team to be worried about teambuilding activities? I am wrong because I simply don't like some people in the world and have little problem admitting it?
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