
As anybody who has worked as a freelancer can tell you, it’s not easy to make friends with people you work with.
Time spent freelancing for people feels fairly transient, so you don’t always have the opportunity to form bonds with your coworkers. It is definitely not like a traditional workspace.
For the longest time, I felt a little left out of conversations between my mother and my sister. The two of them could talk for ages about the comings and goings of their fellow teachers. Since they have similar career paths, the two of them could chat about every aspect of their work under the sun and not miss a beat.
But if I tried to reminisce about a particularly tough day at work when the internet refused to cooperate or a program was acting wonky, they’d give me oh-that-sucks murmurings, and then return to a conversation topic they were more familiar with.
However, at this point, I have been writing and editing for TheGamer and GameRant for years, and I’m so happy to say I’ve established bonds and shared experiences with the people who work alongside me there.
Honestly, this is the best group of people I’ve ever worked with.
When I first started out, I was so hesitant about talking to anyone in our Slack channel (think Discord but more work-oriented), but these days, I’m joking with everybody (or trying to) on a near daily basis.
It has been an absolutely friendly work environment, and I’ve gotten to know fellow editors and writers in this workspace I would never have met otherwise.
Side note: I even have a dedicated gaming night between me and one of my coworkers. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned this before.
It’s been a lot of fun, and even though I worry about my job security (something every freelancer has worried about at some point in time), I know that the friendships I’ve made will extend beyond my time there.
Anywaysies, I’m feeling lucky and grateful to have had this job for so long, and I just wanted to gush about it today.
This was such an interesting post!! I cant wait to read more from you!!! I had to work a job that made me the enemy of all my coworkers basically so that was not fun! XD
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Thank you! It’s a strange feeling to really get along with your coworkers, but I love the dynamic.
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I saw in the post you said you have written and editted for the gamer, cool to see a name in there I recognize x3
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Hahaha thanks! It’s been a bit since I’ve written exclusively, as my editing responsibilities take priority, but I’m heading some Halo content that has me so excited!
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Ooo would i be able to find or read that here?? Halo has been poppin off since e3 im excited to read more :3
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No, this is my personal blog, unrelated and unaffiliated with TheGamer! It would be on the site itself.
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