Those smiling faces
I read somewhere that the longer a person works at a company, the less they interact with new people, and that new hires are the ones who spend the most time greeting others and gaining friendships.
There are certainly people who keep to themselves but many of the people at my work, even those who've been here decades, are friendly and willing to be unofficial mentors to new hires.
Working at a place with so many friendly people is what makes going to work worthwhile (oh, and the great service we provide to the public, of course). Mine can't be the only friendly newsroom around.
Do any of you work around nice people? Or have you worked at a place that was not-so-accommodating to helping out the new hires?