Four reasons to support camaraderie at the workplace

For any team to reach its full potential, there must be more than just a professional relationship between individual team members. In order to achieve the highest possible productivity at the workplace as well as a good team spirit, employees must be genuine friends who truly cooperate with one another. This is why you need to support good, friendly relationships among employees. This article offers four reasons to support camaraderie at work so the whole company may prosper.

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Health benefits

From a statistical point of view, friendships at the workplace are good for the health of employees. Those who have friends in their work collective are on average healthier. This might be connected to the fact that friends help you face various challenges, so stress levels in individual employees go down.

Employee loyalty to the company

According to ChangeBoard, the loyalty of a person who has a close friend at work goes up by several dozen per cent. Friendships among employees therefore retain quality and experienced people at the company, despite other potential drawbacks.

Worker satisfaction

A satisfied employee is a high quality and effective worker. Friendship at the workplace improves satisfaction on average by more than 50%.

Higher productivity

By working on projects with their friends, employees are more productive. Team spirit is stronger and employees all pull together more.

 

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