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Originally Posted by Silverlsinva
I think the reason he wants you to separate from you coworkers as friends cause of the conflicts that might arise. Like what if you had to let go one of these friends or fire them or maybe ask them to change their hours or schedule. And being a manager they might try to guilt trip you into not doing those things. Its why spouses aren't allowed to work under one another at most businesses also you don't want to seem to give special treatment to the ones who are your friends as the ones who aren't will prolly gossip and complain about it. Just my opinion and what I have seen where I work. Also Being a manager meaning a promotion so dress like you want to go farther than being a manager maybe further up in the company.
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This kind of stuff has a lot to do with it. Not everyone is able to separate business from friendship. I was in some type of management roll for 15 plus years. Only 2 times did I just walk into management. The rest of the time I worked my way up from the bottom. I was able to separate the 2. Case in point, I actually fired both of my roommates at one company I worked for and these were people who at the time helped pay my bills. Think what you want of me but that is what a lot of them are looking for. At an interview once when I was getting promoted to a supervisor position, two of the questions they asked were do you have a problem with letting people go and the second one was what if you were close to them? Deep down I don't think anyone wants to have to fire someone. Now if that person was just one of those that really deserved it because they had a case of can't get right then that made it easier. When it is someone you are close to then it becomes a bit harder. We are still friends to this day. Anyway, when I told them about that story in the interview they didn't really know what to say. Sometimes that is just the way it is. The thing with the clothes is not so much that they had a problem with the way you dressed it is like a couple of other people have said already, just dress the part. Sometimes it just means to bring it up a notch or instead of casual, wear business casual. Congrats by the way and good luck with your future endeavors.