What do they really think?

[Bauble]

All this talk of AYs rudeness and JRs book etc makes me wonder what really goes on at Q towers? Do any of the presenters really like each other? Wonder who is blue eyed girl sales wise? Do any of them like JF and what do they make of all the new faces? They make out they are all pally but its a pretty ruthless industry. :envy:

 

[lynnonthelake]

I believe Craig and Debbie F are friends,they seem to socialise.
Lynn

 

[YORKO]

In my experience egomaniacs are never friendly

 

[goddess]

Debbie Greenwood and Ali Keenan are good friends. When Ali was having her cancer treatment Debbie would put pictures on her blog when she'd visit her.

 

[Bauble]

Debbie Greenwood and Ali Keenan are good friends. When Ali was having her cancer treatment Debbie would put pictures on her blog when she'd visit her.

Yes she, Kathy, Claire and Ali K have dinner parties with their other halves. Catherine and Craig are friends too.

 

[Loveinamist]

JR is often noticeable by her absence from social stuff quite often.

 

[YORKO]

JR is often noticeable by her absence from social stuff quite often.

Well as the saying goes "I rest my case"

 

[Scout]

Not everyone likes to socialise with the people they work with. I don't. Nothing wrong with the people I work with, I just like to keep my work life and private life separate. Maybe JR's the same.

 

[donna255]

JF and AY are friends. They go shopping together. Both have mentioned this on air a number of times in passing, when having a waffle.

 

[rainbowdottie]

I imagine its like any working environment...some people you click with some you don't.I've been at my current work place for 6 years.I can hand on heart say I like everyone I work with.There are some that I am "closer" to than others.I personally couldn't imagine working somewhere where there is no ally,no one you gravitate towards,no one on your side...personally I would find that cold and sad....but then I imagine that it could be easier to say detached and aloof.I suppose at the end of the day,its almost how much do you work together as well? I get the impression that QVC is all shifts where presenters may overlap a few ours,but isn't iut essentially a go it alone job?

I do think its nice that there are friendships that the blogs portray...I've seen debbie g with dinner parties with AK,KT and CS.I've seen catherine h with a few on her party boat.I have a photo with JR and DF and JH but that was very much it was for charity and we live close!

 

[Boris Bear]

Not everyone likes to socialise with the people they work with. I don't. Nothing wrong with the people I work with, I just like to keep my work life and private life separate. Maybe JR's the same.

It also depends on what you enjoy doing, when the people I work with go for a night out it invariably involves the consumption of large amounts of alcohol but I don't drink.

 

[Scout]

.....I personally couldn't imagine working somewhere where there is no ally,no one you gravitate towards,no one on your side...personally I would find that cold and sad....but then I imagine that it could be easier to say detached and aloof.

Just because you don't socialise with work colleagues doesn't mean you stay detached and aloof at work! I have coffee/lunch with my colleagues at work, chat with them and generally interact with my colleagues perfect normally. I have allies and we support each other when necessary, they're nice people, but I choose not to socialise with them outside work. My private life is my private space, and over the years I've seen too many working situations damaged, and even jobs lost, when people who are friends outside work fall out and the repercussions are inevitably carried into the workplace.

 

[janie]

i think you meet and make friends in all walks of life. what's the point in having rules on situations where you'll allow yourself to make friends. some people make a point of not socialising with colleagues, some do the same with neighbours. lighten up and go with the flow. some of my closest and oldest friends are people i've worked with over the years. my last place of work, there was a bunch who went skiing together every year and formed true lasting friendships. colleagues can easily fall out just by working together - they don't have to be friends first!

 

[rainbowdottie]

Just because you don't socialise with work colleagues doesn't mean you stay detached and aloof at work! I have coffee/lunch with my colleagues at work, chat with them and generally interact with my colleagues perfect normally. I have allies and we support each other when necessary, they're nice people, but I choose not to socialise with them outside work. My private life is my private space, and over the years I've seen too many working situations damaged, and even jobs lost, when people who are friends outside work fall out and the repercussions are inevitably carried into the workplace.

But you are socialising with them if you take coffee/lunch with them.I meant you're more detached and aloof if you have NOTHING to do with your work colleagues.

I also choose to have my entire life away from my work,other than an end of term meal or Christmas gathering.

 

[Scout]

But you are socialising with them if you take coffee/lunch with them.I meant you're more detached and aloof if you have NOTHING to do with your work colleagues.

I also choose to have my entire life away from my work,other than an end of term meal or Christmas gathering.

Oh ok, well we're defining "socialising" differently then, because to me having lunch at work isn't socialising, it's eating while working! To me, socialising is getting together with people away from work. I tell people at work enough about my private life that they think they know all about me, but that's because they don't know what they don't know! And I never go to end of term meals or Christmas gatherings. They always ask me, I always say no, they say I'm an anti-social old bag, I agree and everyone laughs. Always the same, nobody holds it against me, they're happy, I'm happy, and they don't even notice that I'm not there.

 

[Loveinamist]

Oh ok, well we're defining "socialising" differently then, because to me having lunch at work isn't socialising, it's eating while working! To me, socialising is getting together with people away from work. I tell people at work enough about my private life that they think they know all about me, but that's because they don't know what they don't know! And I never go to end of term meals or Christmas gatherings. They always ask me, I always say no, they say I'm an anti-social old bag, I agree and everyone laughs. Always the same, nobody holds it against me, they're happy, I'm happy, and they don't even notice that I'm not there.

Me too. I cherish my private time/life and don't want to listen to work speak socially.

 

[Nora]

I have made a great set of friends (hopefully for life) in my line of work, we save up throughout the year and go away twice during that time and have a 'girls' weekend away at a nice spa hotel. We also go out for a meal for each others birthday. I know if I have a problem personal or work wise they are only a phone call away. At the end of the day this is what I chose, I like it and it works for me. Each to their own and what suits yourselves. :nod: