I worked at a small company for over 20 years. I thought some of them were my friends until they became petty tyrants over covid policies. One of the many reasons I work for another company now.
One thing that no one wants to address is that the trust is gone. Employees don't trust their bosses who pushed to have them unwillingly take part in a bio experiment and they also don't trust their coworkers who wished the same.
There are some coworkers who I could never trust knowing how deficient they are in their thought processes and morals. I'm suspicious of all their work now. I don't want to meet them face to face ever again.