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That doesn't match my experience. At an investment bank, or hedge fund, you don't usually go to interrupt someone. You "ping" them on chat, set up a videoconference, or something else. You meet people at the floor kitchen, the cafeteria, or meeting rooms. In NYC floors they don't even say good morning to the person next to them. Even if on the same team and both going together for drinks at the end of the day. It was shocking how isolated workers are. This was years before the pandemic. And I'm not just talking about trading floors.


Maybe its time for a new generation of workers to meet people outside the office instead of making their life revolve entirely around work.


"We're RTO because we need to foster the office culture!"

_Office culture is a cubicle and 12 hour workdays_




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