Colleague conflict | Worker sues boss who told her 'you've got no friends' in heated row

A worker sued her manager after a heated row in with she was told “no wonder you have no friends.”

Care home employee Sonia Pywell was involved in an expletive-laden altercation with manager Samantha Bacon, during which Pywell was warned it would be “the last thing” she would ever do if she were to report Bacon to senior leaders.

According to an employment tribunal, the pair had been close friends since childhood, and Pywell’s late brother had been married to Bacon’s sister. But their friendship began to deteriorate after they began working together at Primrose Lodge.

Issues began when Pywell started to raise concerns about the way the care home was being run.