I would generally agree more along there lines. I've had a manager (not lead but enough to say this) where favorites were played (friends for like 20+ years) an

I would generally agree more along there lines. I've had a manager (not lead but enough to say this) where favorites were played (friends for like 20+ years) and it is frustrating in many ways (e.g. lobbying for your friends to get different benefits within the company during their hiring, first person to seek opinion from and then move in that direction regardless of others, etc.) I would happily work amongst a set of friends but not where it goes into leadership.