Episode 216: Our Work Besties and Janet’s Work Daddy

AsianBossGirl

Melody, Helen, and Janet

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Most of us will spend an average of 81,396 hours at work, according to Harvard Business Review. Naturally, you might develop close relationships with the people you’re spending all that time with. Whether it’s bonding over shared interests or just sending each other funny memes to get through the day, it can be very valuable to invest time in your coworkers. Workplace relationships could develop into lifelong friendships, important mentorships, or even blossom into an office romance… On today’s episode, we share stories of our work wives and work besties from our corporate days. Do we still keep in touch? Was there ever any romance potential? And how would we feel if any of our partners had a work wife? Tag your work bestie in the comments! __________________________________________ Hosts: Melody Cheng, Janet Wang, Helen Wu Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang Editor: Michelle Hsieh __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • Honey: Try PayPal Honey for free at JoinHoney.com/ABG __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Shoutouts: Give a shoutout on the podcast here • Email: [email protected] __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.4	Welcome to ABG Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern day Asian American woman. I'm
1:05.4	Janet, I'm Helen, and I'm Mal. Hi, everyone. Welcome to another episode of Asian Boss Girl.
1:22.2	Today, we're going to be talking about work and the relationships that we make on the job.
1:28.4	Did you know that the average person will spend 81,396 hours of their life at the office?
1:35.9	So you have to rise that? Yeah, that's like over nine years, almost a decade.
1:39.6	That's a lot of time. That's a long time. Yeah. So I mean, I include
1:42.9	bathroom breaks. Oh, I don't know. Someone wanted to fact check that.
1:47.8	Paypoops. That'd be a lot more hours in the toilet.
1:50.5	It's a tiny way. Yes.
1:51.8	Given the amount of time that we spend at work, it's not surprising that you're going to have
1:56.2	friendships that develop, mentorships, maybe romance, all types of relationships.
2:01.5	Yeah, and I know for me, like when I think about work, I feel like it's the relationships that
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