Oh look a shitty "article" from vice.com. No studies or data to back up anything said. Then you chose the wrong line of work. Go join the Peace Corps or VoA and get some perspective. If the article focused here, this would be a great conversation starter. Your boss is not your friend. You can 'like' your boss, and if you get lucky like I have, your boss is there to keep you on task, focused, goal oriented and run interference with the people up the chain of command. Never friend your boss on social media, and I take that a step further and don't allow coworkers to know what I do online if possible. Work is what you do to pay the bills that need to be taken care of so that you can live. The vast majority of us are working jobs that we would rather not do. That is the nature of the world we live in. Back in the dark ages of the 50's and 60's (and in small pockets today) the company and its employees shared a social contract. I gave you my labour, you paid me and did not treat me like shit. You invested in me so that I can increase my productivity earning you the business owner more money, and I got raises as a motivator. Because it is far, FAR cheaper for a business to keep an employee than to hire new ones, this worked for all involved. Now, do people dream of working in factories, cube farms, retail? No. But, picking a good career/job path leads to the ability to earn enough to live and pursue the tasks you enjoy after hours. People in the 1800's were having these discussions. Hell, they talk about people hating their jobs in the flipping BIBLE of all places. Work is what makes you the money to pay for the things you really want to do. Follow your talents and use them to fund the life you want to live. This Listicle is a better clickbait than this Vice blog entry with an author who does not even have a wiki entry or Amazon Author Page.I've had zero hour contracts, I've been freelance, and I've had a salary. None of these things have satisfied me.
The modern manager "wants to be your friend, and they're actually nice people. It's the worst thing that you can come across. If my manager thinks I'm their friend and I can joke with them, they have created a bond with me that's inescapable. If I want to refuse an order, they will see it as a personal insult, like a friend being jilted. They can rightly say, 'mate, friends don't treat each other like that.'"