I'm going into my 8th month at my job, and it has been a very different experience from any previous employment. Rather than being a cog in a large corporate machine, I am only one of 3 employees at the shop. It's a franchise and family owned, so my only two coworkers are my boss (the owner) and her brother.
Which lends the job a much different feeling than my last. It does have it's perks, mostly the fact that I'm not just an employee ID number out of thousands of employees like I was at my last job (although my boss keeps calling me by the name of the guy I replaced...) We are able to do a lot of cool stuff like a big Christmas dinner party and my boss will often treat lunch.
The downside, however...is the bickering. Oh dear God, the bickering. I have a sister myself and this is exactly why I would never go into business with her. These two are constantly snipping at each other and getting into ridiculous arguments. I just sit at my desk, listening while I work and I can't fathom ever talking to just a random coworker like that. It is one of the few blemishes on what is really a sweet job that I am debating whether I can deal with. It simply creates a very unprofessional and uncomfortable atmosphere.
Thankfully, they seem to treat me as if I am an actual employee and not the kid they gave noogies to as children.
SO what say you, would you ever go into business with a sibling or family member? And if you're in my shoes, being on the outside of the family but a part of the company, what would you reaction be to such a working dynamic?
Which lends the job a much different feeling than my last. It does have it's perks, mostly the fact that I'm not just an employee ID number out of thousands of employees like I was at my last job (although my boss keeps calling me by the name of the guy I replaced...) We are able to do a lot of cool stuff like a big Christmas dinner party and my boss will often treat lunch.
The downside, however...is the bickering. Oh dear God, the bickering. I have a sister myself and this is exactly why I would never go into business with her. These two are constantly snipping at each other and getting into ridiculous arguments. I just sit at my desk, listening while I work and I can't fathom ever talking to just a random coworker like that. It is one of the few blemishes on what is really a sweet job that I am debating whether I can deal with. It simply creates a very unprofessional and uncomfortable atmosphere.
Thankfully, they seem to treat me as if I am an actual employee and not the kid they gave noogies to as children.
SO what say you, would you ever go into business with a sibling or family member? And if you're in my shoes, being on the outside of the family but a part of the company, what would you reaction be to such a working dynamic?