My colleague won't stop commenting on everything I need.

My assistant rolls his eyes at people and meetings.

My manager expects me to work 24-7.

Why does my coworker keep taking credit for all my ideas?

Have any wisdom for me?

Hi, I'm Alison Green.

Welcome to the Ask a Manager podcast.

Some of you may know me from my website, askamanger.org,

where I answer daily questions from readers about how to navigate all sorts of sticky situations with coworkers, managers, and employees.

Each week on this show, I'll take calls and talk directly with listeners about the toughest, most frustrating, or just plain weirdest work predicaments they're facing. I'll help you figure out

what to do and say to handle these situations successfully and get the outcomes you want. So let's get

started. One question that I get a lot at Ask a Manager is about managers and friendships. This comes up in a lot of different ways. Sometimes I

hear about a manager who's thinking about hiring a friend and wondering about how to manage someone who they

have a friendship with outside of work. Sometimes it's questions about where the boundaries should be,

like when a manager and an employee get along really well and in other circumstances might become friends,

but the power dynamics make that kind of weird.

And sometimes it's even about what to do if your boss wants a closer friendship than what you want,

and how to set boundaries without offending the person who controls your paychecks.

And this week, our guest is someone who already has a good friend at work,

a person who has been a peer up until now, but now that friend is becoming her boss.

I want to note before we bring our guest on, I am not going to use her real name, since like

most people, she wants to be anonymous when discussing work issues. So, hello, and welcome to the show. Hi. Thanks so much

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