The truth about office friendships is:
Workplace cliques can cause horizontal disharmony.
Clique is a small group of people who share common interests and usually spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them.
Workplace
cliques can cause horizontal disharmony because they are purposefully
alienating others. People within a clique uses said clique to be their
comfort zone. Thus, they do not extend effort to meet and cultivate new
friendships nor exert effort to do better at work. Sometimes, they tend
to pass up promotions or better benefits so that they will stay within
their cliques and not deal with insecurities or feel vulnerable in
facing situations that they are not comfortable with.