Yes. He was a sociopath. He felt his employees would conspire against him if they were allowed to socialize without his supervision. It was my first day on the new job and every alarm bell went off in my head. It took me a year and a half to find something new and get out of there.
A boss who on your first day tells you “I don’t allow people on my team to go to lunch together”.
Have you had a job where that happened?
Yes. He was a sociopath. He felt his employees would conspire against him if they were allowed to socialize without his supervision. It was my first day on the new job and every alarm bell went off in my head. It took me a year and a half to find something new and get out of there.
That is insane, right out of the authoritarian handbook.