Is your Boss your friend?

[Devrij]

Hell no! She moans all day at work, god knows what she's like in her own time. No problem with the idea, just the person.

 

[meghatronic]

Hell no! She moans all day at work, god knows what she's like in her own time. No problem with the idea, just the person.

^ sexual tension

 

[Badgi]

My boss is alright, but I wouldn't spend time with her outside of work, much the same as I wouldn't expect my staff to want to spend time with me outside of work.

Besides, I have nothing in common with anyone at my work, other than that we all work at the same place.

 

[Dave M]

Because I know I wouldn't.

Why not? Is it the person or do you just have trouble separating work and social? Some days at work can be stressful and it can drive you nuts but the pint in the pub after is totally different.

 

[Yarde]

My most senior manager, probably not. But the others, yes.

 

[Casdawer]

My current boss, hell no.

My 2 previous bosses, yes.

 

[Zefan]

EDIT: Lol @ Santa hats, about time we put them back in the loft till December?

I think you may need to clear your cache and do a hard refresh

 

[Pez]

My current boss, hell no.

My 2 previous bosses, yes.

Exactly the same for me.

 

[West]

Yup. I socialise with her and the rest of my team at work

 

[Meridian]

I regularly spend out of work time with OcUK staff, through there own choice.

That's what they tell you. You should hear what they say behind your back...


M

 

[Gaijin]

My immediate boss - no. Nothing particularly wrong with him in the grand scheme of things, just that we are very different people and that our sense of humour is quite different. He's also quite over-conscious of overstepping the professional line - something I wish he'd just let go sometimes. An example is when he constantly feels the need to explain his jokes in case he offends someone.

Don't get me wrong we go out occasionally (and I mean very occasionally) for team lunches and drinks after work, it just rarely happens. I think he likes to draw the line between work and play. He didn't even come to the Christmas party last year.

I do however go out for drinks with other managers in the company and the CTO (my boss's boss) who is a bit more of the sort of person I can have a laugh with out of work, and can roll with the banter.

 

[Stelly]

I would say sorta, we go for a drink now and again, but we only talk really about work, so I guess not... there is always a line though.

Stelly

 

[Gilly]

I'm the boss now, and I don't spend much time outside the office with the lads these days.

Probably for the best, knowing the lads

 

[Mp4]

Nope!

400+ people at the supermarket i work at and see nobody out of work

Do go out on occasional b-days etc but thats about it

 

[Noxia]

Yes but at the same time he'd have no issues firing me if I messed up, nor do I expect special treatment.

 

[LiamC]

I work in a small branch, so i see the same 7 people Monday to Friday 7:30am to 4:30pm - So we are all quite close.

We regularly go out to the pub and have a good session ( we are all aged between 20 - 30 years old so have same interests etc. )


I also enjoy whooping my managers butt on Black ops pretty much every night as he's addicted

 

[fullmetaltony]

Some bosses yes, some bosses no. But then I've not liked all my bosses. It all depends, they've all managed to stay professional though, apart from one.

 

[LordSplodge]

Nope. I like to keep work and my personal life totally separate.

 

[Tomtom3989]

My boss is an absolute tool. He came in on Halloween dressed as a ****, all though funny extremely unprofessional, but I didn't have any respect for him anyway

 

[Knubje]

He's ok. I wouldn't call him a "friend". He is 22 years older than me though so don't have loads in common other than our line of work.

He can get on my boobs tho, he is the kind of guy to whom status is quite important and he likes to pontificate but not actually really do a great deal when it comes down to it. Came from a wealthy family and as a result I think his life has been reasonably easy compared to most "normal" people. He sometimes doesn't realise this, I think.

Don't see him out of work but he's been quite good to me in my time here. There are worse people I am sure!