Some unwritten rules about corporate behaviour: If you get promoted to a position above your colleagues, then you should no longer have personal relations with them.
First, accept invitations to their homes; but reciprocate only with group invitations - then find excuses not to associate with them at all.
For instance, find ways of avoiding the old group at lunch time. Let them understand you cannot be one of them any longer.
Assuming you are a husband, allow your wife more time to pull away from friendships among those who are now your subordinates. She doesn't understand office protocol as you do, needs to make the transition more slowly.
Break away gradually, but eventually reduce all contacts to office hours. Recognize the simple fact of office life that the higher you go, the fewer friends you'll have in the company.
I guess you had some inkling of these things, but did you fully understand the brutal reality of this coded system?
Is the caste system considered "good"? Yes - and essential. One department head told of an accounting manager having two close friends working for him who were inefficient and resented by other workers.
These hapless employees caused the company to lose business worth $40,000. When their manager was told to get rid of them, he didn't take action. As a result, both he and the two clerks were fired. This manager failed to understand the demands of his position. - 18099
First, accept invitations to their homes; but reciprocate only with group invitations - then find excuses not to associate with them at all.
For instance, find ways of avoiding the old group at lunch time. Let them understand you cannot be one of them any longer.
Assuming you are a husband, allow your wife more time to pull away from friendships among those who are now your subordinates. She doesn't understand office protocol as you do, needs to make the transition more slowly.
Break away gradually, but eventually reduce all contacts to office hours. Recognize the simple fact of office life that the higher you go, the fewer friends you'll have in the company.
I guess you had some inkling of these things, but did you fully understand the brutal reality of this coded system?
Is the caste system considered "good"? Yes - and essential. One department head told of an accounting manager having two close friends working for him who were inefficient and resented by other workers.
These hapless employees caused the company to lose business worth $40,000. When their manager was told to get rid of them, he didn't take action. As a result, both he and the two clerks were fired. This manager failed to understand the demands of his position. - 18099
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