What are your thoughts?
Do you think that it is a good idea to work for your spouse?
What are your thoughts?
Ooooh, tricky. There are ups and downs. Home fights can end up at work. But man you save on the commute and you get to spend more time together. Tough one. I worked for a company where a husband was his wife’s manager. I side-eyed that one. Family businesses are a thing! I worked for another company who the president employed his two sons.
Depends on the couple really. Some can handle it some can't. Depends if you want to be with your spouse all day at work and then at home.
I know a guy who, along with his wife, worked at the wife's dad's business together. It put a lot of strain on the marriage. (There were some other issues also.) But he said that working together was a major contributing factor to them divorcing.
I'm sure others might not have issues with it. So it depends on the couple.
I would say no, working with family usually end up bad. First of all no time apart. Him most likely exploiting you for cheap work. And you have no career opportunities. That together with no time apart is a recipe for you ending up fighting and he walking out with all the effort you been working together to build.
The no time apart makes sense, but why would you assume he would exploit her for cheap work? lol
It's definitely not most likely, most people would not do that. Especially considering they probably share money...
And the career opportunities are probably better considering he is above her and would probably push for better opportunities. The only downfall would be spending too much time together
Why would he exploit me for cheep work considering at the end of the day we share finances? That makes no sense.
Go for it!
I've been helping my husband with his business for 19 years, but I'm not an official employee. We enjoyed working together all the time for the first half of that, now we work apart a little more.
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I guess good in the sense you are building something together. But I think will be impossible to keep professional and will cause arguments in the long run.
Yes why not!!
But make sure while working you are a coworkers that’s all also don’t be jealous you and him know that with clients you gotta be sweet to hat that $$ lol
I did work for my wife and she was the most demanding boss I have ever worked for. If I made the slightest mistake in my work, I would have to give her sex that very night right after work. Sometimes we would have sex multiple times a day depending on how careless I was at work. It was just torture. Eventually, she did fire me when she realized I was just making the mistakes at work just to get sex. Once she found that out, my career was completely over.
I would say it's got positive and negative. Positives include going together and spending more time together.
The negatives are also on the same lines, you don't get to be yourself and feel a bit out of place at times I feel.
CA? Chartered accountant? Great to work together as it helps both of partner.
Certified chiropractic assistant
Sounds like you want a cake job, where you get laid, and can dictate your raises by withholding sex.
Your husband would be a fool to hire you.
That is an interesting perspective, totally wrong, but thanks for sharing :)
Seriously, do you think working FOR your husband is a good idea? Running a business is hard fucking work and he needs employees to produce. Sometimes you have to light a fire under the asses of people who work for you. How would you respond to that?
At the end of the day wouldn't be in both of our interest for the business to do well and be profitable? If he wanted my help, why shouldn't I give it to him? Right now there is a huge shortage of LMT's and people qualified to do massage therapy. Becoming a CA and working under his scope of practice would give the ability to fill a spot that has been very difficult to fill, while supporting my husbands business as well as out family financially. The more the business makes, the more he makes, the more we would make. Make sense?
@Subarugirl. It makes sense if you are willing to do the hard part of the job, which is going out and generating business. Just getting certifications and having a website won't cut it. You need to work very, very, hard to create a client list... than work to retain those clients. You will need at least one full year of cash on hand. No shit, starting a business is very challenging.
Actually he is in the process of buying my uncles business, who is retiring, which has an established patient base. Okay what is actually needed is someone who would be able to do massages, which if I became a CA, I would be able to do.
No ma'am , I don't need my boo to boss me around. I'd take it personally and be miserable 😭
Working for my wife, I think, would cause too many problems. working at the same company could go both ways
If you do it make sure to fully understand the rules and expectations you will both have for each other.
Nope because fucking the boss only takes you but so far..
Hahaha that’s a good one
@Subarugirl You look delicious in the profile photo
Hell no!! I’d shoot myself.
Women will find more ways to nag the guy to death
I don’t nag, also it was his idea
Lol is that so?
Oh honey.. who hurt you?
Actually I don't accuse about 50% of the population of being guilty of something that a few people did too me. That's like saying, "oh I was abused by a man, so now all men are abusive." see how that sounds?
I don't under stand why you feel so strongly about this. My husband would be the first to tell that I don't nag, but that's besides the point. I applied your same logic to a different topic... how is that different. Lets try this again. So lets say, that I think that ALL men are into cars and football because that's has been my experience. That doesn't make me right though.
Okay well, all men nag. If I gave men the chance they would nag me to death.
That is exactly my point, just because you feel a certain way, doesn't make it true.
I am glad that we could come to a resolution :)
I’ve seen a lot of men act or argue on emotion. They just tend to act out more violently.
I don't know man… that seemed like a pretty emotional response to me.. just saying.
Just because I disagree with certain things that you say doesn’t mean that I am ignoring you. I am just applying the same logic that you are but for some reason you don’t like that… and by the way this is my question.. if the way I interact in my post bothers you, I would suggest you leave, because I am not going anywhere.
I personally do not consider this a good idea. Some time away from each other is healthy
I think it should be avoided if reasonably possible.
No work should be a TO from your spouse. Plus I seen what happens when couple work together they tend to cause most drama at work.
I think it's good for many reasons. One is that you're adding value to the relationship.
Nope, relationships are too fickle to stake your career on.
If you are fickle you dont have a career. You dont have the mindset.
Yes I have before it's very comfortable if you have the right partner
Only if he is totally completely professional!
CA? Casting assistant?
certified clinical chiropractic assistant
That sounds awesome! Go for it.
It’s a better opportunity to get even closer
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