Working With My Husband Is A Disaster. Should I Find Alternative Employment?

Working With My Husband Is A Disaster. Should I Find Alternative Employment?

“At first, it was so much fun getting to see him every hour of the day and leaving the house together to go to the same place, but now, I wish I had not done it,” says Emily Wacera.

Working with a spouse or a better half in the same office can turn out to either be the best or the worst decision of your career. Sometimes, workplace issues are escalated when you work in close quarters with each other. Is is a good idea to work together? Here is one professional’s story.

Emily’s Story

I graduated 7 years ago and I was lucky enough to graduate at the same time with the love of my life. It was a beautiful experience. We hustled together and 2 years down the line, I was fortunate to get my first job. It was after I had been working for a year that my sweetheart also landed his first job.

We worked for awhile and then we decided to finally get married. It was a beautiful ceremony mostly funded by friends and family. Our careers had both taken off and our life together was just beginning, we couldn’t have been more happier.

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A year after that, something amazing happened (or so I thought at the time), I was offered a job at my husband’s company. We discussed it and we both agreed that it was going to be an awesome idea and that it would bring us both closer together.

It was all fun when I began working there and we would spend every free minute together in each other’s offices. I thought that for sure, it would last, this couldn’t be more further from the truth. A time came when we had to share ideas at meetings and I found that every time I countered or disagreed with an idea that he had given, we would go home and argue about it. This eventually started taking a toll on our marriage.

Another thing that I couldn’t quite handle was that he also forbade me from interacting with my male colleagues and he started becoming very suspicious of male clients. Our fights became more frequent and at times, they would break out in the office. I started feeling embarrassed as colleagues started avoiding us and our ‘issues’.

I love my job, but I want my marriage to work. A friend recently advised me to quit my job in order to save my marriage. Is there a way that we could still work together and make both our careers and the marriage work? Please advise me. I am desperate for a quick solution because this situation is wearing me out.

What advice would you give Emily? Leave your comments below.

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