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A boss or a manager should not form a close relationship with their employees.

老板應(yīng)不應(yīng)該與員工建立密切的關(guān)系?

I don't think that a close relationship between managers and employees is possible.

Managers are inherently on unequal footing with employees. A manager's job is to judge the employees' work and make decisions that could influence their livelihoods. Managers thus need to be objective enough to honestly evaluate the employees' work and give direct feedback. If they are friends, their ability to judge things fairly will be impaired.

What's more, this kind of friendship is unhealthy. Unlike friendship, the relationship between managers and employees is not a relationship between equals. The employee's job is at least partially to satisfy the manager's expectations, anticipate what the manager wants from them, and at times suppress what they want in favor of what the manager wants. And who wants to receive critical work-related feedback from someone they were having drinks with last night and dishing about their relationship troubles? So, in my own view, developing a close relationship between managers and employees is not recommended.

我不認(rèn)為經(jīng)理和員工之間有密切的關(guān)系。首先，經(jīng)理們天生就與員工有著不平等的關(guān)系。經(jīng)理的工作是判斷員工的工作，并決定影響他們的生計(jì)。因此，管理者必須客觀地誠實(shí)地評(píng)估員工的工作并給予直接反饋。如果他們是朋友，就不太可能公正地評(píng)判事情，而且這種友誼是不健康的。與友誼不同，經(jīng)理和員工之間的關(guān)系不是平等的關(guān)系。員工的工作至少部分是為了滿足經(jīng)理的期望，期望經(jīng)理從他們那里得到什么，有時(shí)會(huì)顛覆他們想要的，而不是經(jīng)理想要的。誰想從他們有飲料昨晚拋出他們的人際關(guān)系問題的接收重要工作的反饋?因此，在我看來，不推薦管理人員和員工之間建立密切的關(guān)系。

筆記

1. Outline

經(jīng)理和員工不應(yīng)該保持緊密關(guān)系 R1: relationship will affect manager’s ability and judgement 會(huì)影響經(jīng)理的能力和判斷力 R2: this relationship is unhealthy 關(guān)系不健康

2. Vocabulary

on unequal footing with 立于不平等地位… suppress 推翻 顛覆 critical 批判性的 dishing about 八卦