Working with family and friends might generally not be an easy, but there are ways to make it work. However, you have to be determined and ready to put in the required effort to make it work. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 useful tips for working with family and friends.

Ask Yourself This Question

Before bringing a family or friend on board, you need to first ask yourself, “If your friend/family wasn’t your friend/family, would you think he/she was the best candidate for the job?”. If you must bring your friend or family aboard your business, you need to be totally sure it is worth it because it’s not going to be easy, so it has to at least be worth it.

Be Distinctive

Be distinctive about work and family, keep business discussions out of family and personal gatherings. If you must talk about work, let it be to just joke around and share funny work stories, it shouldn’t be anything too sensitive or critical.

Don’t Take Contracts Lightly

Contracts are particularly crucial when working with family and friends, because where sentiments might weaken your stand, a contract will help to give strength to it. If there is a ‘push-back’ while working with family or friends, a legally binding contract can easily help to bring everyone back on the same page. It’s best to have a contract to guide all critical and sensitive parts of the business (like the salary aspect etc.), so everything is well spelt out for everyone to understand without misinterpretation or being sentimental about it.

Properly and Clearly Define Everyone’s Roles

This is very important when working with family and friends. It is important that everyone knows their place in the business. Too often, people jump into a business without clearly defining the roles and extent of authority of each employee, especially with family businesses. Clearly and properly defining everyone’s roles in the business helps to keep employees from stepping on each other’s toes, prevents avoidable problems and keeps everyone focused on what they need to do.

Try Reworking Your Office Space

This can be especially helpful if you’re working with a spouse. Try to mix things up within the workplace and find ways to work remotely, so you’re not all in each other’s faces all the time. This can help to reduce some of the friction that might occasionally arise from working with family and friends.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/5-useful-tips-working-family-friends/

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I treated everybody as the same, either family or not
Business is very crucial and I took it seriously

It's better not to work with or employ family and friends. If you try to be too formal with them, before you know they are already backstabbing and planning your downfall esp. if they are not your siblings but extended family members

Mynd44 sef

very true that's why I do keep away my family from My business to avoid stories that touches

The rate at which threads reach front page nowadays sef.

You'll still be commenting on one when another one will surface.....

I hear you... NEXT

Noted

Everything makes the front page now

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for real??

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All these ones na wash.. A family member that doesn't want to reason with sense will still have conflicts with you no matter how hard you fight it.

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If you are in Abeokuta.. I need a

If you are in Abeokuta.. I need an office partner that can share my office space with me.

You must be a freelancer with just your laptop and no other office equipment allowed.

Thanks

7: This rule is so underrated
Keep your family and business completely
separated
Money and blood don't mix like two dicks and no
bitch
Find yourself in serious sh!t

Patheos:
7: This rule is so underrated
Keep your family and business completely
separated
Money and blood don't mix like two dicks and no
bitch
Find yourself in serious sh!t

So right; is advisable not to engage your family members in your business for the purpose of seriousness.

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I never mix family and business especially extended family.

A wise man once said: 'No one wants to see your downfall more than members of your extended family because to them you are nothing but a competition'

And who was that wise man you may ask?

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KenModi:
I never mix family and business especially extended family.

A wise man once said: 'No one wants to see your downfall more than members of your extended family because to them you are nothing but a competition'

And who was that wise man you may ask?

KenModi

cyborg123:

KenModi

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