[specialist]

Probably.

In our case, we were a team of frenemies, who bonded over our shared hatred of the execs. "Manny" was my officemate for 4 years. To this day, I won't hang out with Manny, because he drives me crazy, but if he ever needs anything, my immediate reply would be "on my way".

The official (expense account) team activities were the bosses trying to bond with the grunts. Show "appreciation". Vicariously be part of the team.

I stuck with the work (electronic medical record interchange) because I was passionate about the problem, we were first to market with the best product, and I invented some cool new tech that I wouldn't be able to take with me.