The relationship between colleagues in the work team can be very difficult. Even between good friends, tension can arise if one of them climbed the career ladder and became a boss.
Instructions
Step 1
In order not to lose friendship and keep your job, you need to properly build a relationship with your boss friend. Make a clear distinction between communication, friendship should not interfere with work. For starters, forget about cute funny nicknames and the reference to "you".
Step 2
Be prepared for your friend's environment to change and new people to enter her life. Most likely, due to new responsibilities, she will not be able to devote much time to you. Do not be offended or jealous, just wait out this period. Think of it as a test of your friendship.
Step 3
Do not use the friendship with the new boss for personal gain. Do not expect, let alone demand personal privileges from her. Do not be offended if the most promising and profitable projects do not go to you. Don't be late or take unplanned time off without warning.
Step 4
Work at the same pace, do not be lazy, hoping for a condescending attitude. In turn, a friend-boss should not demand more from a friend-subordinate than from other employees.
Step 5
You don't need to use your working time for informal communication with your boss-friend, especially to do it demonstratively. Familiarity will embarrass her and put your relationship at risk. In addition, frequent heart-to-heart conversations distract from the work process, which causes justly discontent with the higher authorities and provokes the enmity of the team.
Step 6
Keep secret the details of your personal life and the weaknesses of the new boss. Revealing other people's secrets will not help you in moving up the career ladder, but it will easily ruin your friendship. By the way, it is also not worth working as a "secret agent" of a friend-boss, an equal respectful relationship is the best option for such a situation.
Step 7
For various reasons, you may not like the way a high-profile friend works. Leave criticism for emergency situations, express your opinion as correctly as possible. In turn, do not rush to take offense at the boss's remarks, analyze what has been said, perhaps the friend's criticism is justified.
Step 8
Unfortunately, friendship in such a situation often does not withstand the test of strength and ends. Sometimes the ending of the friendship of ex-girlfriends is accompanied by very scandalous stories and stormy showdowns. Only tact, human decency and well-built relationships will help maintain the friendship of two colleagues.
