about 4 or 5 months ago dh hired our sil to work at his company. Well first off he should of never hired family but the reccomendations and referals that hubby got from everyone he thought he was making a good choice well it turns out not so. She takes in the bank statements which its on company time so you are to go to the bank and come back to work. they pay gas mileage and everything but when she suposedly goes to the bank she runs around town shopping going home and getting lunch. Well this is a big no no. What usually takes 30 to 45 min to do it takes her a couple hours. and then she gets her regular lunch. today dh boss is down for a run through of the store and dh has to talk to his boss to see what needs to be done. So there is a big chance she could be loosing her job today. Because the company feels that you are stealing money from them. So my thing is I will be hated by my brother. I will never hear the end of it and I told him before she started working there what goes on at work between dh and sil stays at work I don't want to hear nothing about it. Well he will call from time to time complaning about sil working and things that go on down there to which I ignore but I truely think that this is going to make us enemies.

By Vicki on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 01:20 pm:

Has she ever had any types of "warnings" or ever been talked to that this is a problem?

By Shann on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:07 pm:

Before she ever started it was one of the things they went over during her orintation

By Tripletmom on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:12 pm:

BTDT.We will NEVER work with family again.My DH had to fire our SIL and it did make us enemies.We didn't talk for 2 years My brother never had the descency(sp) to call and find out all the facts,he just sided with her and said the hell with the rest of the family.We do talk now but it will never be like it was.

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 02:12 pm:

I think a warning needs to be given before firing. Put it in writing and if she continues that is cause for being fired.

By Shann on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 03:11 pm:

Once he tells his boss it will be out of his hands. He has to run anything through them first and they will tell him to fire or give a warning. They company feels like it is stealing they have fired over this before..
Tripletmom I feel this will happen to us also. My brother will only belive what she says and will hear nothing otherwise.

By Vicki on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 04:46 pm:

Is your dh her supervisor? I guess I don't understand, if the main boss isn't there daily, than who oversees her on a daily basis? That is the person that should have mentioned to her long ago that this wasn't acceptable and gave her the warning or what ever you want to call it. To allow her to do it for weeks and not say anything about it to her and then fire her over it seems a bit over the top to me.

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 05:02 pm:

I agree with Vickie. It seems like it should have been nipped in the bud after the first time. Then, if she continued, it would come as no surprise that she would be fired.

By Shann on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 06:22 pm:

My dh is the manager and the supervisor of all the employees at the store. But he has a supervisor that has to be involved in any firing. Its just company policy. She was told in the beginning of her employment that it was not allowed to to personel buisness during the bank run that it was to be done on her lunch. Dh had spoke to her this evening and gave her a warning the next time she will be fired. The reason why dh was upset about the whole thing was that she was telling other employees what she was doing and that didn't settle with a few that she told. so all in all I hope its all okay I will probably here about it tomorrow when she goes home to tell my brother. I don't recommend hiring family.