You know you work in a family business when …
- Monday through Friday, you call your dad “boss.”
- Your strategy for getting a raise is suspiciously similar to what you did as a kid when seeking an increase to your allowance.
- Someone yells your last name on a jobsite, and several people look up.
- When a customer is upset, you tell them that you’re “junior” and they’re looking for your dad.
- You tattle on your brother for using your climbing gear.
- You call the office to talk to your mom.
- Your grandpa leaves you his chainsaw in his will.
- When you call in sick, your dad sends your mom to check on you — and confirm your story.
- Family vacations and team-building events for work are basically one in the same.
- Your little brother took your baseball when you were kids. There’s no way you’re letting him take over the family business, too.
- Your mom doubles as the office manager and the referee.
- When you show up late to the jobsite, your dad gives you the same disapproving look he did when you broke curfew in high school — and you’d better have a good excuse.