Cripes, Brick, if the first impression you give people is that you’re a stickler for every petty rule there is, they’re going to hate you and make your job harder. You don’t need to make friends, but as a manager it’s good to have your employees’ backs if you want them to care.
*Please recall that “Brick” – the result of a typo in the comments – was the nickname we eventually awarded to this spoiled brat.
Out of curiosity, I looked up a “how to use a folding board” video. I’m not a retail employee, but I can fold a shirt just as neatly (if not more so) in one-third the time.
That’s the warning cry of the bad manager: “I’m not here to make friends”. Look, everyone knows that’s not the purpose of management, but that does not mean that proving you cannot make friends, but only enemies, is the metric to determine that you are an effective manager.
You’re not here to be friends, but you’re here to be respected, and I can’t respect a person I dislike. Be friendly. That’s not hard, Brick. I look forward to re-reading your fate.
“I’m not here to make friends” is up there with “everyone I meet is an asshole” in oblivious, narcissistic behaviour. Being friends with your employees doesn’t mean you’re a bad manager
Cripes, Brick, if the first impression you give people is that you’re a stickler for every petty rule there is, they’re going to hate you and make your job harder. You don’t need to make friends, but as a manager it’s good to have your employees’ backs if you want them to care.
*Please recall that “Brick” – the result of a typo in the comments – was the nickname we eventually awarded to this spoiled brat.
Brick is appropriate, look at the shape of his head.
And it gets more so as time goes on.
Out of curiosity, I looked up a “how to use a folding board” video. I’m not a retail employee, but I can fold a shirt just as neatly (if not more so) in one-third the time.
That’s the warning cry of the bad manager: “I’m not here to make friends”. Look, everyone knows that’s not the purpose of management, but that does not mean that proving you cannot make friends, but only enemies, is the metric to determine that you are an effective manager.
You’re not here to be friends, but you’re here to be respected, and I can’t respect a person I dislike. Be friendly. That’s not hard, Brick. I look forward to re-reading your fate.
Yes and also derermines how willing one is to help the person. Marla treats me right, so I’d be willing to help her out on a day off. Brice, no way.
Brice don’t be a Josh.
“I’m not here to make friends” is up there with “everyone I meet is an asshole” in oblivious, narcissistic behaviour. Being friends with your employees doesn’t mean you’re a bad manager
Didn’t Josh say the same thing?