Should You Work at Your Family's Business?
My grandfather started my family's ladder and scaffolding business more than 50 years ago, and my father has never worked anyplace else.
In many families where one company has put food on the table, kids through college, and pools in the backyard, there would be pressure for younger generations to follow in those footsteps. In my case, while my father and his sister worked for the business (with my aunt now serving as CEO), there was never any pressure or even encouragement for me, my brother, or my aunt's daughter to come on board.
That was at least partly because the sacrifices of my grandfather, father, and aunt made it so we had other choices. The next generation could go our own way, finding our dream jobs with every advantage of schooling and family support.
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