Work with family?

[MrsPiglet]

How many of you work with family members? do you enjoy it? If you don't with family would you want a family member to work where you do?

 

[NAB]

That is a tough one....my three brothers and three nephews all work for the same company. They will not hire family members anymore because when there is a wedding or funeral they all want off. They drive truck for rental company.

I would not like to work with family because that is were I vent about family

Plus I think if they did a bad job or something it would reflect on me. Mind you I don't work and stay home with the kids now but had my sister ask me to get into where I used to work.

 

[chell]

Don't do it! It isn't worth it. You need the break from them and they need the break from you. Besides in case of a family emergency who is left to do the work.

 

[carj]

I have worked for the same employer as my husband before. We don't currently. It wasn't a big deal at them time. We had very different jobs and bosses.

Now he works somewhere else and has a much higher ranking position. I know that this would bother me if I worked there too. Not because he would be higher on the totem pole but because I wouldn't want to hear people talk badly about him if they didn't agree with something he did. ( I hope that makes sense!)

 

[redrosesix]

I do -- I work with my brother for what used to be the family business. My mother still owns it, but we've taken over all of the work, both doing management jobs but with separate duties.

There really aren't any benefits to working with my brother (rather than somebody else) but I could see how it would be impossible for an outsider to fit in. Since he hasn't worked outside the family business very much, IMO he doesn't act as professionally as he would if he were working for somebody else. I was away from the business for a long time, working for other companies before I took over some of my dad's job when he got sick -- that was a great working relationship, because I acted the same as I would for any other employer.

So, I'm not sure if this problem is just because of my brother's attitude or if it's something that happens when you work for your parents for too long -- I'm thinking of OCC. I know it's on TV, but I can't believe some of the things that the sons get away with on the job, and I can't believe they'd do that anywhere else.

The other thing is we don't socialize outside of work, not that we ever did very much, but we definitely need to put some distance between us once in a while.

 

[AshleyW]

I work with DFiance at the same company, working the same shift. It's nice because we carpool together everyday. I have my own office, and he's out on the calling floor as a supervisor (we work at a call center for relay calls - for deaf/hard of hearing foks) so we don't really see each other at work if we don't want to.

 

[Kae]

I work for my Dad & Uncle. DH works for one of my dads other companies with my mom & BIL. And we are in the same building.

Kae

 

[charming23]

I worked with my dad the summer after I graduated high school. We worked at a Mail Boxes Etc. He was retired and worked there part-time as a manager and I worked as a clerk.

Looking back now I am glad we had that time together (he passed away in June) but at the time I found it annoying cause he always looked over my shoulders and double checked everything I did.

 

[Squirlz]

I work for my wife. It's her company, founded before we met, and it's just the two of us. We're having the time of our lives quite frankly. She's usually on the computer and I'm in the basement filling orders. We have fun all day. I am a very very VERY lucky man and I thank her every day!

 

[MrsPiglet]

the reason I am asking, is my sister and I both work in the same office. We do work on different halls. but she is very annoying. She does not bring lunchor money for lunch. so when I pack lunch it is two lunches or go out I have to pay for two. She rarely buys my lunch. It is annoying.
Any suggestions?

It might be bothering more due to yearning to go back to Disney, last year at this time I was admiring the Osborn lights. wish I was there.

 

[Mommy2cody]

I work with my husband. It isn't too bad. We work at a car dealership. But I work in the office and he works in parts. If we are busy, sometimes we wont even see or talk to each other until lunch time! It isn't bad working together, but sometimes thats all we talk about at home is work, so that gets old! We are both looking for new jobs though, not because we don't like working together, but we just don't like where we work! So it might not be for to much longer!

 

[turkeymama]

My sister and I worked together at 3 different jobs, believe it or not. We had a great time and we never had any trouble. Our personalities are pretty similar, though. We think alike, we both have the same work ethic, and we tend to complete each other's thoughts and sentences. I can see how it wouldn't work out for some family members. For us, it was great.

 

[samshane]

My parents met where they work... they commuted together everyday til they both retired (my dad got laid off after 20+yrs there - but got a job nearby and they still commuted together). They would even eat lunch together everyday. I guess it worked for them because 40yrs later they are still married... I don't know if I could work with my spouse though - LOL!

 

[AshleyW]

the reason I am asking, is my sister and I both work in the same office. We do work on different halls. but she is very annoying. She does not bring lunchor money for lunch. so when I pack lunch it is two lunches or go out I have to pay for two. She rarely buys my lunch. It is annoying.
Any suggestions?

It might be bothering more due to yearning to go back to Disney, last year at this time I was admiring the Osborn lights. wish I was there.

So.. why don't you just quit packing lunch for her and paying for her lunch? Or next time you go out for lunch say "yes, I'll go out for lunch, but I paid last time, so it's your turn today". She's your sister, it's not like you can't be honest with her.