4) The “Friend”
At first sight, the friendly boss seems like a pretty cool dude. DO NOT BE FOOLED. Yes, he might let you go in the internet on his computer at lunch time, yes I’m sure he has a good sense of humour and wow, he’s so helpful when you’re stuck on a problem. DO NOT TRUST HIM. And never accept his FB friend request, you’re asking for trouble.
The “friend boss” is sneaky, at least with the fascist div you know where you stand. This friendly chap will keep you close and destroy you when the time is right. The problem is, “nice” people can’t be good managers, they can be good for the team’s chill levels but they can’t get the good results that the upper echelons expect. Because of this, despite staff being happy, the manager will be under increasing pressure to perform. It won’t be long until he starts back biting. The tide of turds comes rolling in and bites you on your watery arse.
All of a sudden this mild mannered chap will turn increasingly grey with shades of red around the eyes, one false move and you will find yourself in HR as the friendly man tries to deflect his own short comings away from himself and onto you.
How to deal with this? Always behave ambivalently towards him, keep a low profile and always do slightly more than he asks of you. This way he will view as a stronger member of the team. Whatever you do, don’t whinge. There are plenty of whiners to go round and no one likes them. Whingers will get the chop first, they are unanimously hated by management (and everyone else on earth).
