business you may give in to the temptation to hire
a family member. This may or may not work out
well. If the family member you’ve hired to help
you in building a legitimate work at home
business turns out to not have the necessary
skills, experience, interest, dedication or
perhaps even ethics, to work for you what
do you do then? How on earth do you fire a
family member? I would only introduce my
immediate family members like my wife or kids.
The first thing to keep in mind is that
whether it’s part of building a legitimate work
at home business or a well-established multi-
faceted large firm, firing a family member seldom
goes anything but badly. Sometimes it even ends
up in court with one family member suing
another. We read about such goings on in
corporations almost on a daily basis. This
is something you want to avoid. You want to
focus on building a legitimate work at home business –
not on getting litigious with your brother,
mom, aunt, uncle or cousin.
Handling this familial firing correctly means
not only keeping the family peace but keeping
your legitimate work at home business on the right
track. A basic principle of hiring family members to
help you in building a legitimate work at home
business is that they know right from the start that
they will be held to a higher standard than any other
employee. Why? Because they are family and because
that familial relationship should bring with it
a more personal sense of dedication and commitment
to your business success. Another important factor,
should you have to fire a family member, is to do
it clearly and quickly. Don’t drag it out.
Make sure that the fired family member is clear
about the details of the reasons, and draft a
clear and consistent statement that you give to
all others involved – family, employees, vendors,
and other associates affected by the termination.
Building your legitimate work at home business has
to take top priority but that doesn’t mean you have
to sacrifice family relationships to do so. You can
terminate a family member without ruining the
good relationships you have with your family.
The best way to accomplish this is to offer at
least one verbal followed by two written warnings,
and then a documented written notice of termination.
Prior to writing it up as a firing, however, offer
the familial employee the chance to resign. You
might offer a severance package that is face-savingly
attractive, or perhaps let her or him continue as
a contractor or supplier. Letting family members
walk out your legitimate work at home business door
is about building a new bridge that will save him or
her some dignity.
What you must keep in mind, if you are committed to
building a legitimate work at home business is that
that business must come before that family relationship.
After all, isn’t one of the primary points of
your business to take care of your family?
Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/family
business/article160224.html
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