Could You Fire Your Brother?!?

It wasn’t until a good friend adamantly disagreed with me that I began to see the pitfalls of referring to my coworkers as a “work family.” I always sensed it was a bit odd to call coworkers “family,” but it also felt “homey” in a certain way. It felt like I was spending each day developing meaningful relationships with people I really cared about and people who really cared about me. What could be wrong with that? Don’t we want a “family-like” atmosphere at work (a place we spend 40+ hours of our week)?