Why Europeans Don’t Make Friends at Work (And Are Happier For It)
Why Bother Exploring This? In many American workplaces, forging friendships with co-workers is expected—shared lunches, after-work drinks, weekend barbecues with the “work fam.” Yet if you step into a typical office in, say, Germany, the Netherlands, or parts of Northern Europe, you might notice a different vibe: colleagues remain polite, even collaborative, but not necessarily …












