When you feel protective of someone who’s intimidated by you 😐

My relationship with my assistant at work in a nutshell. 😑 I can’t help but feel protective of people jerking her around and taking advantage of her inexperience. 😠 But then I can tell she’s intimidated by me most of the time and never really eases up when I’m around. 😟 One would say it’s normal for one to be intimidated by their boss. But I don’t like people I like being intimidated by me, especially when I’m meaning to look out for them. 🥺 Guess all I can do is try to be a cool boss all I can. Even if it doesn’t make her feel any less tensed up around me. 😔