What Happens to Your Work Friendships After You Leave Your Toxic Job?

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What Happens to Your Work Friendships After You Leave Your Toxic Job?

Years ago, Danielle Bayard Jackson briefly worked at a marketing firm where she says she befriended five coworkers. The glue of each relationship, however, was really just the toxic office environment. Only one of those friendships ultimately lasted longer than her tenure at the company — and she says that makes total sense. "Other than the toxic workplace, we didn't have anything else to bond over or anything in common," she says. "Our humor wa…