‘Is there ever a real friendship in SG workplace?’ — Heartbroken worker asks after his former close ‘colleagues became just hi/bye’ after he quit his job

Nick Karean
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:10:47 +0000
Relationships, Jobs, Singapore News, Colleague relationships, Post resignation loneliness, Singapore work culture, Workplace friendship

SINGAPORE: When does a colleague become a real friend, and when does the friendship end? That’s the bittersweet question one Singaporean worker posed on Reddit’s r/askSingapore social community, after his heartbreaking realisation that his once “tight-knit” circle of work buddies had faded into casual greetings — and then silence — after he left the company. …