Written
by Salome Akwi
When you are employed by someone,
it means that you have to obey them no matter what. When you are employed by a
friend, sometimes it is very easy to cross the line without realizing it. When it
comes to personal issues, sometimes you may assume that you are talking to your
friend but what you don’t realize it that, at that moment friendship does not
apply; business is priority. It may
seem like you are undermining them because, to you they understand your issue
and you think they will always do. Wrong!
No one will totally understand you and never expect them to cross the stormy seas
for you all the time. At that moment they too care about making a profit, it is
personal to them too, so who wins?
Sometimes you may assume that the
extra effort you put in the company with developmental ideas and excellent
performance is a gateway to a favor when that crucial personal issue emerges. It
will not count because your emergency is irrelevant as it adds no value to the
company. When you are caught between making that decision, choose wisely where
your commitments lie; only that sometimes that personal issue cannot be
postponed.
The penalty falls on you and you
take it gladly. All is all a BOSS is
always right! No matter how tight your friendship is, separate them so you
can keep both relationships working. Remember as long as you are their employee
trade carefully what personal things to share, for it might be taken like they
are doing you a favor to employ you not knowing that your skills have kept you
there in the first place.
