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My boss today: 'We are a family here!'Me (internally): Ah yes, the kind of family that sues each other over inheritance and ruins Thanksgiving dinner. #CorporateLife

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No - no you’re not ‘family’. No-one in my family holds annual appraisals & pegs my salary accordingly. John Amaechi has a brilliant podcast about work place cultures. #toxicwork #workplaceculture #johnamaechi #corporatelife #boundaries

Anytime I heard management say, "We are not a business, we are a family", I would decline. Managers who want to motivate employees by dangling some sort of familiarity as a job benefit are naive and, often, inept. In any case, you are wise to see through that manipulation. Cheers!

I've always HATED the whole "we're a family" thing in the work place Not many people in the work force come from good"/decent" homes. Such a toxic work environment! Unless, maybe everyone's happy to escape their home lives for awhile... The whole concept has always made me want to 🤮 or hit someone