And maybe you should stop trying?<p>As the other commenter wrote: work is for work. It is not a place for your personal issues. It's almost as if our language even has different words: <i>friend</i> vs. <i>colleague</i>.<p>If colleagues become friends, that's fine. However, if you only want to work with friends, that is <i>unprofessional</i>.<p>And of course, the whole "we're not a company, we're a family" BS is just a ruse to get you to put in extra time for free. If you're lucky.<p>If you're unlucky, they are actually so delusional as to think they mean it. They cannot actually mean it, because a company is fundamentally different from a family, and when push comes to shove, that nature will assert itself and many a tear will be shed as the illusion pops.