Working in a family business doesn't only mean that you are working for your dad. It also means that you work with your siblings.
In my case it was my younger brother, and to make things even more interesting: I was his direct manager.
This created some pretty difficult situations (as you can imagine). On one occasion, he bad-mouthed me to another team member, telling him that I was a not good (I'll spare you the language) manager. I had to hear about this later from the team member. Another time, during a weekly department meeting he started yelling at me—in front of the team—for assigning him a certain task...
It was just another layer of unneeded complexity, and the "cherry-on-top": my dad would side with my brother laying into me for mismanaging him.
It's a shame because eventually it takes a toll on your relationship with your brother(s) outside the business. There's no avoiding it.
A real shame.
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