Painful exchange with my supervisor

The situations you described are different from your situation.

The co-workers are not in a relationship of suoervisor-supervisee. And in fact it can be a problem when one co-worker is promoted to supervisor, and she/he must now distance emotionally from those he/she is now supervising.

The other situations are permanent departures, the relationships were ending. In that situation, some limited emotional expression towards a supervisor can be acceptable.

Good job asking and exploring!

Thx. Actually the girl who posted on social media about the Arby's supervisor actually WAS the supervisor's subordinate.

It’s ok to tell someone you’ll miss them when they are quitting. Why would you miss someone or find it hard not to see them for two weeks? They aren’t your significant others. It’s uncomfortable for your supervisor to hear that you are so attached you can’t handle two weeks not seeing them