She Reluctantly Interned at Her Family’s Company — One Fight Later, Her Dad Told Her Not to Come Back
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Working with family can be hard enough without bringing arguments from home into the workplace.
In the following story, we’ll meet a college student who is dealing with just that after agreeing to intern at her family’s company.
Before she started, she warned both parents that she was worried her dad might use the job against her during an argument.
They convinced her that wouldn’t happen, but the very first fight proved otherwise.
After getting angry over something at home, her dad told her not to come into the office.
Read on to see what she’s considering doing now.
AITAH FOR REFUSING TO GO TO OFFICE AFTER MY DAD BURST OUT IN ANGER
Yesterday, I had a huge fight with my dad because I made a comment while doing a household chore.
He called me names, shouted at me, and proceeded to tell me not to come to the office because there is no need for me there.
A while ago, my college issued compulsory internships for my course. My family has a pretty successful company, and my dad asked me if I wanted to join during my semester break. I was very hesitant because I knew it wouldn’t work out, but my mom emotionally blackmailed me into considering it.
Before accepting or committing to anything, I had honest conversations with both of them, expressing my fears.
After their first fight, her suspicions came true.
I told them that in the future, when there is a fight between him and me, he will hold office above my head, and I will never truly have that financial stability.
They both proceeded to sweet-talk me into accepting.
Now that we had our very first fight over such a small reason (I accepted my mistake within a minute), he already told me not to show him my face and not go, so I didn’t.
My mom continues to blackmail me into going, but I know he will treat me awfully. I don’t want to go and embarrass myself in front of all the employees. I am also thinking about my future now, and whether I should look for other alternatives.
AITA?
Oh no. This is a terrible situation for just about anybody to be in.
Let’s take a look at what advice the people over at Reddit have to offer.
According to this comment, she needs to stick it out for now.
That’s an interesting way to look at it…
This is a pretty grim warning.
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Excellent advice.
It’s probably best to find a new internship.
She warned her parents about this exact problem before she ever agreed to work there, and her dad proved her right almost immediately.
If every argument at home can suddenly affect whether she’s welcome at work, that’s not a stable situation.
She needs somewhere she can learn, build experience, and not worry about her job being used against her the next time they fight.
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