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Being a manager is not a popularity contest. Employees should respect your managerial skills but also understand you are all there to do a job not become bosom buddies. Of course there should be some sort of friendly environment nurtured by the manager but not in a cozy manner. And the manager should respect the employee. In this aspect both need to earn that respect by their actions while on the job.

The relationship between a manger and an employee is a symbiotic relationship. Efficiency of work and organization of time are in the forefront here. There are common goals to strive for but there are separate goals also. Ut's simple. The manager must manage well and the employee must work well. It is important that they get along but too close friendships usually cause trouble in the workplace.

Why...in the world...would it be important for your employees to like you if you were a manager? That is an important question yet it makes no sense. What is the relevance of whether or not your employees like you or not? As far as I can fathom it has nothing at all to do with the manager/employee relationship. Of course if there exists an extreme hatred between an employee and a manager then something must be done. In that case there is something personal going on that needs to be addressed.

This is the way I see it work; the manager does the managing and the worker does the work. It is a symbiotic relationship as stated earlier.

At times a manager will have to make decisions that will not be popular with the employees but in his sphere of responsibility to be a successful manager he must concentrate on what will benefit the work environment not just for the employees or himself but for the smooth running operation of the business involved.

The manager is usually under strain with his higher ups and is pressured into ensuring the employees produce. And sometimes the methods used to gain these goals are not popular with the employees.

But the catch-22 involved here is if the manager slacks off and quality or productivity suffers because he is not stern enough the employees also get in trouble.

In short let a good manager do his good managing whether the employee likes him or not. Let the employee do his good employing whether the manager likes him or not.

It does not matter if the employees like the manager or not.
This is a workplace. It is not a popularity contest.

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