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karimychel · December 2011

Would you ever work for the same company as a family member?

What if you would be at different locations?

amandasw · December 2011

that's tough... it depends on the family member, their personality, how close you'd work, how well you get along etc. I can say for sure I'd work with my dad or sister, I wouldn't work with my mom or my ILs, lol. And I don't think I'd work with H

If it was more like, a family member happens to work for the same company in another location and I wouldn't interact with them much, it wouldn't matter to me.

mgoss228 · December 2011

karimychel:
Would you ever work for the same company as a family member?

I probably would, as long as I don't have any kind of conflict with that family member and they weren't my manager or subordinate.

karimychel:
What if you would be at different locations?

Yes, same as above.

niq24601 · December 2011

Two of my brothers in law work at the same company ... I think they have about 1000 people in their Seattle office. It's big enough that there are rules about being too close to a sibling on the org chart, so I think it's mostly not that awkward.

larzhope · December 2011

H and I work for the same company, but 90,000 other people also work at the company with us and I don't see him on a daily basis.

For me it would depend on how much interaction/influence we'd have over each other's days. If none, then absolutely!

emyinpink · December 2011

DH, I, and his brother all work at the same company. plus my sister will be doing her 3rd internship with them this summer, and will *hopefully!* come work full-time too. we all work on the same campus, but it's a massive company, and we don't work in the same building or same group. so, yes

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karimychel · December 2011

Thanks I was just curious. I've told 2 people I'm talking to my brothers employer and they both thought I was crazy.

FWIW - my brother lives in Alaska and runs their AK stuff, he's down here maybe one day a quarter. I would be out of the Seattle office, but it's a relatively small, 8-10 company, and I would work with my brother on some administrative stuff.

sarack · December 2011

yes, but only at a different location.

i currently work with my little brother.. and it is fine. he works at the same location.. but there is a father/daughter duo at work that is HORRIBLE to work with because of the way they treat eachother... completely unprofessional.

jennlin · January 2012

i work for a seattle-biggie, so, yes, of course. my husband, his dad, and my ex boyfriend...we all work for the same company, even in the same city...none of us see each other. ever.

if it were for a small company, it'd probably be different...i don't think i'd want to see certain family members every day.

but i have still yet to work for a company with less than several thousand employees and multiple locations.

soralette · January 2012

Same company, sure! Same location, sure! Have done both. Same department? I'd really prefer not to.

I've referred my mom to the company at which I worked (and she's gotten hired at same) twice now, and it worked out fine -- but we were in different departments, even if we interacted sometimes, and it was fine.

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