How important is it, would you say, to get on with your work colleagues?

Answer 1

Vital, from everyone's point of view. Even if you find you don't actually like them, you must respect them in order to deserve their respect in return. That way you operate as a team. Where there is a happy atmosphere and people look forward to going into work each day, there is greater loyalty, higher productivity and a lower staff turnover. Where people don't get on and there is an unhappy and uneasy atmosphere, people take sides, they achieve fewer results and, as morale continues to deteriorate, people do what they can to leave.

Answer 2

Majorly important!!!

If your co-workers are working as part of a team, you should all be aiming for the one result and pull together to reach it. Its just easier and nicer to be in an environment where if your struggling on a chore you can call on a fellow colleague to help or visa versa.
Theres nothing worse than dreading going into work each and every morning just because some one there doesnt pull their weight or makes life difficult.

Many of my work colleagues are my social friends and its a huge network of trust, willingness and honestly that keeps the clogs spinning in the office.

Answer 3

Very important. No one looks forward to going to work at the best of times, but if you are also not getting on with a work colleague, then your going to dread going to work even more.

Answer 4

it is important to be cordial, to be able to do team work with them, to work to keep the grape vine open, to exchange work related ideas and help others out if needed or requested to do that all with happy face and good intentions.

For about ten years now or more office work has been "team work" oriented without the need for a middle manager. So it's more important now than it ever was to get along with your colleagues because it's no longer the higher-ups that determine if you stay on that job, but it's your peers who determine that, and you know how people can cause problems for one another if they don't like you.

Answer 5

For me its not the main problem I have with work; it actually adversely affects my work if any of my colleagues are bullies, even if I'm not on their hit list. And a bad atmosphere is the worst thing.
I don't need to actively like people to be able to get along with them at work, its a great bonus if that happens but I don't expect it.
As long as the atmosphere is neutral or positive I'm ok. But a bad atmosphere and I'm jobhunting!

Answer 6

It depend if you have to work in a team or not. If you spend most of your working day on your own doing your own thing then it's up to you if you want to make the effort or not.. If you have to work closely as part of a team, then it's very important.

Answer 7

i would say it would be quite important to get on with your work colleagues.

Answer 8

You need to get on with every body in this World never mind just work after all thier is a lot of people out there

Answer 9

Very important to me - I spend more time with these people than I do my own family, so there would be nothing worse than hating them all!!

Answer 10

If you dont like them just pretend. I wouldnt mix with any of mine outside work, but have to be civil much as I hate it sometimes as some of there are twats.