Working from home and isolated? A new company hopes to fix that problem in remote jobs era

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An entrepreneur has created an adult social club to fight what he sees as the culture of loneliness in a work-from-home environment, one made worse during COVID.

In an era defined by remote work, a company called Groundfloor has sprung up in San Francisco that's helping professionals who feel isolated find new friendships. CEO Jamie Snedden discusses his work with Fox News Digital.even before the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of remote work that forced adults apart more than ever.

"It was worse because no one wants to talk to you there," he told Fox News Digital."It's just not a good place to make friends."LONELINESS AND UNHAPPINESS CAN AGE US FASTER THAN SMOKING: NEW STUDY He explained that most modern friendships are cultivated in physical spaces where people interact, and the office used to be a prime example of that. Now, especially for younger people who haven't started families and have demanding jobs, they feel more isolated, and Snedden said he examined colleges to see why they were such"great friendship generators.

"The numbers are quite startling," he said."People are starting to think longer term about where are the social connections coming from in my life? Where's the community? Where's the friendship? Because it's certainly not coming from sitting at home talking to people that you already know. So I think people all over the country are reassessing and taking a longer term view.

 

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Oh great, now I have to worry about maintaining appropriate social distance even when I'm already alone.

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