sounds to me like they’re treating you like one of their children, not an employee. But, that is the feeling that slides in when you’re working in a home based business like you’re in and like we have.
If we have a job that is away from the norm, I ask my guy how he feels about doing it. If it’s during normal business hours, he’s working for his salary. Nights and weekends, he makes something closer to freelance money. If it’s something that he doesn’t want to do, I hire outside.
I think that your main problems are their assumption that you’re “one of the family” and your failure to speak up.
Have a company meeting and clear the air. You might be surprised at the result.
Last year, I found out that one of my employees was very unhappy because she posted it in a blog on her “private” myspace page. Her friends read it, forwarded it to me and then asked for her job. It seems like the things she hated were perfectly acceptable to others.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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