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My old boss told me to never hire a friend, and I did it anyway
About five years ago, when I was first opening my shop, my old foreman sat me down. He said, 'Lily, you can be friendly with your crew, but don't put a friend on your payroll. It never ends well.' I thought he was just being cynical. So I hired my buddy Mark to help with the wiring jobs. For the first year, it was fine, but then he started showing up late, calling out for dumb reasons, and I couldn't bring myself to fire him. It cost me two good clients who got tired of the delays. I finally had to let him go last fall, and we haven't spoken since. Has anyone else ignored advice like that and paid for it?
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milarodriguez1mo agoProlific Poster
My cousin still owes me for a ruined lawn mower.
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wood.faith1mo ago
My buddy's brother still has his power drill.
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the_jana1mo ago
Setting a firm deadline worked for me. I told my friend he had two weeks to return my stuff or replace it. He finally brought it back the day before my cutoff.
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