After Firing Her Sister, She’s Being Asked To Keep Paying Her So She Can Go On Vacation As Planned
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Imagine owning your own business. Would you be willing to hire a family member?
It could seem ideal to have a family business where you hire your own family, but if the family members you hire are bad their jobs and lazy employees, it could be a huge disaster.
In this story, a husband and wife hire the wife’s sister only to later decide they need to fire her. That’s not even the most dramatic part. The real problem comes after she’s fired.
Keep reading for all the details.
AITAH for telling my sister that she won’t get any money from us?
My husband (40m) and I(35f) run a company together. He is the CEO, and I am the COO.
We work well as a team: he is more diplomatic and conflict-averse, while I focus on finances, operations, and making difficult decisions when necessary.
It’s not always a good idea to hire family.
My younger sister (22f)worked for us part-time while studying.
Over time, she repeatedly caused problems, including trying to create tension between my husband and me, speaking negatively about colleagues, and making disrespectful comments toward me.
After several incidents, we decided to terminate her employment.
Her husband made a decision without talking to her about it first.
Although her employment officially ends in the on the 10th of the month, I recently learned that my husband promised to continue paying her until the end of the month because she wants to go on vacation with her friends and I quote “she needs money”.
She made him feel guilty.
She has savings, I think more than 6k.
Well guess how my husband reacted to that? He agreed! This means she will receive several hundred euros she has not earned, despite having very few financial obligations (she lives with my parents and doesn’t pay rent) and substantial savings.
Here’s something else that bothers her.
She was also the only one in the company who always asked if the money will come punctually. (It was never late)
It always bothered me. Especially because she refused to do some of the tasks we gave her.
It wasn’t easy with her. But that’s not the point.
She clarifies the point.
I just wanna clarify that she did a lot of mistakes and once even refused to attend a teams meeting because we told her it will happen between 3pm – 5pm and she thought it was not fair to make her wait 2 hours.
Those 2 hours were paid, so she was sitting at home doing nothing.
This caused a lot of tension and we had to wait for her during the meeting.
It was embarrassing but we talked to her and tried to explain that we do not accept this behavior. But her attitude never changed.
OP knows her sister has always been manipulative.
Stupid me forgot how manipulative she can be, she did that a lot with my parents.
She also convinced my husband to pick up her work equipment because she doesn’t want to bring it to the company.
I called her and told her straight up that we are not paying her more than she deserves.
Currently we released her from her duties and placed her on paid leave until the 10th.
OP refuses to let her sister manipulate her.
She denied it first, then she said; it’s something I discussed with my boss and not with you.
She wouldn’t even receive the extra money as salary, just as bonus money.
I told her she needs to bring the work equipment herself in the company and she freaked out. It’s just 30 min with the car, but she doesn’t have a car.
Guess who has a car? Our stay at home mother and my sister is the youngest and only one who lives at home.
She’s wondering if she was too harsh.
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However I also told her she will only get what she legally deserves.
So Reddit, AITAH for telling my sister that she won’t get any money from us?
I am not responsible for her vacation and I refuse to pay anything towards her vacation.
This situation is a little bit extra complicated because it’s family. It’s not just firing an employee but a family member.
No, they shouldn’t pay her sister past the 10th. No, they don’t owe her any extra favors. This is business, not personal, but the sister is trying to make it personal.
Let’s see if Reddit agrees.
This person points out the real problem.
Another person agrees that the husband is the problem.
Here’s a suggestion of what to say to her husband.
Since she handles the finances, her husband doesn’t have the authority to decide if her sister gets a bonus or not. Also, especially since we’re talking about a family member, they should’ve discussed this before deciding whether or not to give the sister anything extra.
She was a bad employee. She got fired. It’s not like they’re laying her off with a severance package.
Her husband really messed up.
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