This is not what I mean by being two faced - in the context of the thread it is about employees pretending to like the boss when they really hate his guts. This

This is not what I mean by being two faced - in the context of the thread it is about employees pretending to like the boss when they really hate his guts. This is very hard to hide if they spend a lot of time with you. As a manager I would rather not know about your personal life unless it is impacting on work. One of the downsides about devoting so much time to people is they feel like they can share their most intimate personal feelings with you. The stories I have been told over the years still continue to amaze me.