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My bosses marital problems are not my concern.

Long time lurker, I've only posted a few times but I need to get this off my chest because bitching about it to DH or friends just makes me sound like a whiner (which, I am, but you know) :)

 

I work in a verrrrry small office. Total of 6 people including me. The owner and his wife both work here as well as their son, so it's a family business, if you will. It's a music/multimedia/production studio and the owner is also in a band that he is trying to 'take off' with. (Sorry, I'm trying to hold back the snickers on that one.) Anyways, his band played one weekend ago and my boss had some lady hanging alllll overrrr him afterwards. He claims she was drunk and clingy, his wife claims he wants to f*ck her, whatever, not my problem. 

 So on Friday of this last week, I can hear husband and wife SCREAMING at each other outside my office. I mean, really going at it. This isn't the first time I've felt the tension between them. She was yelling at him about how he doesn't treat her like his wife, how he was going to travel to where this woman was from and hook up with her, all this other junk. They've been married for 32 years, for heck's sake, I hope I don't have these problems in 32 years. So unecessary.

 What does my boss do? He calls me out of my office and asks me to back him up on his side of the story. "Come on, tell her, tell her how it really was." His wife started screaming at him some more about how he shouldn't be getting me involved in their issues (which, hello, I totally agree with) and I just walked away. It really irritated me. 

I ended up leaving and going home when he went to lunch because I was still so amazed at the entire situation. I've only been here a few months. I was completely uncomfortable in what I feel was him using me as a pawn in his game. I don't want to work here anymore, in fact, I'm surprised I even made it today. The business isn't turning a profit because he's making so many bad decisions and I'm watching it fail.

My question, I guess, is am I right about that being completely ridiculous? I told him he was making me uncomfortable and he told me to get used to it. Ugh.

Re: My bosses marital problems are not my concern.

  • Get used to it? That is totally ridiculous. The whole situation sounds ridiculous. I don't think I would go back!!!
  • You don't need internet strangers to tell you that the situation is ridiculous. Keep you head down and find a new job STAT
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  • Now he just told me he has a 'love/hate relationship' with me because he saw my linkedin and that I've held 3 jobs in the last 5 years.

     

    I know I don't need the validation of strangers, but I DID need to vent somewhere that wasn't facebook. Appreciated.

  • Just do your job and stay out of their relationship issues and do not take sides.
  • Get used to it!? Heck no! I would be looking for a new job ASAP!
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