Here is the problem. I loved my job, but the owner decided about 6 months ago to bring his wife in to be office manager. Needless to say, she is worthless as far as a manager goes, and she shouldn't be one. She is never here, so nothing gets done that she is supposed to be doing, and no one gets their questions answered. Therefore, the company is going downhill fast and I no longer like my job. Is there a way I can talk to the owner about this even though it is his wife that I am complaining about? Please help!
2007-01-03 10:31:24 · 5 answers · asked by xquis81 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Unfortunately, it is a small business and the only person that is above her is her husband.
2007-01-03 10:47:51 · update #1
If you do talk to him, you may want to be prepared to leave. I'm not saying you shouldn't. Sometimes they know how their wives are and sometimes they are blind. If it were me, I would start looking for another job.
2007-01-03 10:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by ggirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there an HR person or department you can take it to first? If the company is really small and you have a GOOD relationship with the owner, consider trying to talk frankly with him about it.
Clean up your resume and start looking elsewhere, because even IF the talk goes well, he still might not let her go - and you may lose your mind. So be prepared to find another job, but try to be honest with him. Unfortunately, if he starts losing good employees, he might get the hint, but maybe he'll get the hint sooner if someone is honest with him. Be ready for him to be defensive, but try to be objective and talk about how work isn't getting done and things are going downhill, not specifically that SHE sucks and SHE is making everything horrible.
Best of luck to you on this one!
2007-01-03 18:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by KB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to decide if you are willing to move on from your job first.
If you are willing to take that risk (I definitely would be if I were in your shoes), I would just go in to the owner and say, "there's something that has been bothering me" and just explain that you are really concerned about how customers are looking at the company, and that you would like to help find a way to make sure that "the team" presents the best image to all of the customers.
If the owner is so "committed" to his family life that he won't even listen to a completely emotion-less, business based argument about what is going on, then I wouldn't want to work there anyway.
My guess is that he knows exactly what is going on, and probably just needs someone to say something so he has an excuse to do something about it.
2007-01-03 19:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by myopenhandsguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have dealt with this exact same problem for 10 years. If someone gives you a good answer, let me know. I've hated my job for the past 9 1/2 years- but what can I say- I've got kids to feed, so here I am.
2007-01-03 18:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by wrjones559_1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly you can only be open if you can afford to lose your job. People will tell you do just do it with a little tact, but that won't work. But if you are unhappy you should do something. Perhaps something anynomous (sorry can't spell).
2007-01-03 18:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by micaso1971 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋