I own a small business, fast food place.
my cousin and my Girl usually helps me out,
I realized that my girl didn't respect my hustle though, cuz if she did, she wouldn't try to do something which would destroy the things that put money or food in our possession.
Since I also own a small business, I can share my phylosofies on it.
I will never ask nor let family or chicks i bang, in on it. or help me with it, not even if they ask/suggest it themselves. Some have asked to help out, I always declined. 2 reason I decided that are:
* I can't treat them like employees because they are not. And anyone working in my company, i like to be able to treat as an employee. So to be able to keep the level off service up. Often family, friends and girlfriends helping out don't have/put on an professinoal level enough of behaviour.
* My business, is what helps me survive, puts food on my table, etc.. I don't want to jepardise that. As far as i'm concerned, having family or girlfriends in it is an (big?) added risk.
I always told my chicks. I work to support myself. And you can do the same for yourself.
I've found, girls often don't understand how hard (work), starting and
growing a business can be. And how hard work it has been (in many/most acses) to get to some/a level of succes as a business owner. They seem to not understand, nor respect it often. They always seem to assume, it came about kind of easy and with luck. They also often, then don't understand why you don't let it slack a bit.
To add. In many cases. where I have contact with a family member working/helping in the business. Or a wife/girlfriend helping out.
I notice, in general. They are way less professional and accurate in their behaviour/communication with me, as when it's an emplyee or the owner him-or herself (in general) I have to deal with.
Like for instance, a clients wife who does the adminstration for the business. Always calling in a way with me asif we are calling as friends instead of as customers. Or often calling while having the kids (loudly) in the background. I would bet, no empolyee would get away with that. This wasn't happening in the beginning though, but I notice often even if they start off really professional over time they start slacking big time.
Or some other client of mine, who's mother does much of the telephoning and customer relationships with the clients. She also is really unprofessional imo/ime. Basically not friendly enough imo. she stated when i called her a time, I didn't have to use the telephone business etiquettes I use (strictly for coming off professional reasons) for her. It wasn't necessairy for me to do that for her, she said. She then stated, she also used these etiquettes in the past as well in the beginning, but it's not necessairy/over doing it (this was her business advice from her to me
). And thus (as I believe) she lost the biggest client (of her son/the busniess) because the client was not statisfied with the service, and now they struggle to meet end meets.
Anways, all examples of relatives/girlfriends/wives working in a business. Slacking big time, imo. An employer wouldn't even hire (if they behaved as they do) if someone paid him money to let them work there.