[daveFNbuck]

I don't see the idea that managers should assign friends in this interview. Where are you getting that from?

[Consultant32452]

I was referring to this comment in the grandparent post:

>We had a mail-list thread this past week about an employee who felt lonely.

[daveFNbuck]

You're assuming the mail-list thread was about managers ordering people to be friends with the lonely employee. Maybe that's what happened but I doubt it.

[Consultant32452]

That's true, it may not have come from the top down, but it's still a foreign concept to me culturally. If I found out my coworkers were sending out communication regarding my perceived loneliness I would be mortified and GTFO asap.