My view is: "You can be 'friendly' with coworkers without being 'friends'." My test for friendship is: "Would I call this person to bail me out of jail?" The

My view is: "You can be 'friendly' with coworkers without being 'friends'." My test for friendship is: "Would I call this person to bail me out of jail?" The answer to that question from me has always excluded all my coworkers and managers, despite them being nice and helpful people. I've also worked at a family company. They may claim you're "family" too, but that's just marketing hype. The truth is the family members will always be better compensated than you for doing far less. And when tough times come, you will take a hit before any family member.