Yeah, the normal office is not the place to make friends.

But I guess for a shared workspace for people working remote, it doesn’t really matter what they do or if they change jobs. You can make casual conversation with regulars at the water cooler or coffee bar without the weird forced interactions of working for the same company and “team building”. You’re both in this common space because you want to be there, rather than sitting at home.

Mixing your personal and professional life is a surefire way to be create an abusive and exploitative environment.

The exploitative companies basically want to 'foster togetherness' so they can exploit they works via emotional manipulation techniques, and often seek to isolate workers from the outside world or life outside the office.

I don’t think those kinds of positions would really benefit from being in office given the competitive nature.