Abusing your power at work to make friends

You might be reading this as a lonely manager right now, and you’re desperate to make friends. If you had friends all your problems would go away. Well firstly, that’s not true, and secondly, there is a real reason why you don’t have many or any friends, and it’s not by chance or because you’re too busy.

One thing that you shouldn’t do if you’re a manager or have any power at work, is force your work colleagues to be your friends. This sounds like such an obvious take because it is, but for some reason, many people go to work and think their status will, let's say encourage people to be their friends. It works sometimes, but it’s not a healthy thing to do.

I feel like more and more companies require you to be part of some bullshit family. It could be because people are more lonely now or it could be because people genuinely think that forced friendships are a way to make a good work environment.

If you pretend everyone loves each other then everything is good, right? This seems to be the modern-day way of approaching life.

I’m seeing this now at my current job. My team leader doesn’t have an interest in team leading, she wants us to fill the void left by her lack of friends and healthy family relationships she’s created by being a terrible person. Ol’ brown tooth is at it again.