I believe every business out there have a competition or a rival, when it comes to your staffs and their personal lives, do you think it is proper for your staffs to have any from of relationship with your rival company? I would like to hear your thoughts on this aspect.
Should your staffs be friendly with your competition
- Thread starter eldavis
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I don't think any owners can stop their staff to make friends with rival companies. The owner cannot control the personal life of his/her employees. What matter most is the staff has the integrity of not telling company secrets to friends working in the rival companies.
It is not recommended for staff to be overly friendly with competitors. It may give the impression that your company is not taking the competition seriously, and it can create the potential for conflicts of interest. It is best to maintain a professional relationship with competitors, and to respect their space and privacy.
I don't want to interfere someone's choice because their personal life is different from my business life.
We must try to understand that our staff are part of our company for some reasons only. If they get benefited by some other company, then they will join that company, even if the company is our rival.
My personal life doesn't have to matter to my employer. I have the liberty to choose the people I keep as friends.
I once applied for a job and the employer told me that I do not need to make friends at the workplace. Excuse me! This is quite strange! Almost all the people have the right to make some great friends, don't they?
