• Question: do you have friends that work with you?

    Asked by saraha to David, James, Mike, Suze, Will on 16 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: David Ingram

      David Ingram answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Yes – here in Edinburgh and in other Universities in the UK and abroad.

    • Photo: Mike Dodd

      Mike Dodd answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Yeah I do, someone I knew from rugby came to work in my group. It was great having a mate come and work with you. I’m also good friends with the people I work with in the lab. We try and get to the pub on a Friday.

    • Photo: James Marrow

      James Marrow answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I’ve made lots of friends through my work, and they’re all over the world. I usually meet them at conferences – which is one of the reasons (not the only one!) why we go to conferences!

    • Photo: Suze Kundu

      Suze Kundu answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Yes, everyone I work with is lovely, although the people that I spend the most time with are my friends from other places, like dance classes, school, or my undergrad friends and pst-grad friends from when I first started my PhD. We have quite a big group altogether, but the people change every year. New people come while others graduate and leave, so the dynamic at work is always changing. It’s good though!

    • Photo: William Eborall

      William Eborall answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Yes, some people I graduated with work in the same department as me. I’m also friends with the people who work in my lab and we go for days out together sometimes (which the boss pays for!).

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