I work for a company who have several different working units and I go in and manage different units. The area manager is my line manager.
I've made the mistake before of becoming fb friends with colleagues whom I manage and been burnt by them and got too friendly, making the line of manager/staff blurred. I've also done the same with WhatsApp.
After lots of back stabbing etc from one unit (where I don't go anymore), I decided I won't be adding colleagues anymore.
I've been working with this lovely lady the past few weeks and we get on well. I'm her manager whilst I run this unit and the other day she friend requested me on fb. I saw it but ignored it, which was hard but after being burnt before I stuck to my guns.
Today she said "you ignored my fb request, I even sent you a message.." sounding a bit sad, which made me feel very uncomfortable. I've decided to suck it up and try to get a thicker skin.
Are you friends on social media with your colleagues?