involving the family?
By BYOLA2871
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
March 21, 2008 10:47am CST
Family is a major part of ones life and they will always stand by you no matter what,however i have been wondering about involving family members in my business,its doing fairly well now but now my fear is will it not create some unnecessary tension if i involve member of my extended family in my business,i wouldnt have any problem with my immediate family but my wife is engaged right now and my kids are still too young,do you think involving them will be a wise decision?
3 responses
@olivemai (4738)
• United States
29 Mar 08
It can work out just fine as long as the family members do not get any special benefits because they are family! For example, if one employee sits around letting everyone else do the work and tells everyone the family will not fire him! You have to be fair and treat family the same as other employees! If you do give family member s employment, as managers or some other position, make sure the other employees are treated with respect and everything should be fine!
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
30 Mar 08
well i guess this can work but in most instances these family members eventually think they are doing you some kind of favour by workingf for you at all forgetting that they are getting paid for it and eventually if you take action that is stiff they can always call some funny family meetings on you where some funny elders who have no ideas of how you even got started in the business can say their funny stories,even when it is irrelevant to thwe issue at hand
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@malounicart (24)
• Philippines
22 Mar 08
First, it sis not advisable to involve family in business matters especially extended relatives. If we disagree we them they still have to hang around as long as we live. However, if you think your wife whom you trust can bring solutions to matters she is capable of, why not? In the first place, they will be the one affected first if something happens to your business.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
22 Mar 08
you definitely have a strong point there in fact my experience for just 3 months is killing my morale in even bringing anyone from my extended family into my business again,my problem now is should i fire him or ask him to behave?his father seems grateful cos he sort of provide for him from his pay and this man has been very good to me while growing up but the son is something else on his job.(pls refer to my response to the first response to get full details of this statement) thank you
@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
21 Mar 08
My husband use to have his own business. We found hiring family was a bad decision. They all thought it would be gravy job. They wouldn't have to work as hard as nonfamily members. Thought they wouldn't get fired. It just caused trouble within the family.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
22 Mar 08
thanks for sharing thsi experience,sometimes you think you are helping out and you find out that you are the one loosing out cos those you are doing this favour for dont even appreciate it,in fact i was considering firing a cousin i brought in to do the marketing bit in my business and its been very dissappointing as he commes to work at the time he feel somfortable and sometimes he doesnt even show up and i end up doing his job now the two other guys are complaining.
