She’s the boss of me
November 20th, 2006
Speaking of women breadwinners, check out this Miami Herald column by Cindy Krischer Goodman on how wives and husbands balance work and home life when he goes to work for her company. (Published 11/15/06)
An excerpt from the article:
More women appear to be hiring their spouses as employees. Some 33 percent of U.S. businesses are owned by women, a number that increased 14 percent in the last five years, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research. More women are taking over family businesses or building independent sales networks, too.
For some of these women, the obvious solution to staffing issues is at home: their husbands. With businesses now that support it, “There is no reason not to take advantage of good skill sets in the form of a husband,” says Nan Langowitz, director of the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College.
Handbag designer Kate Spade has done it. So has Airborne creator Victoria Knight-McDowell and Baby Einstein Co. founder Julie Aigner-Clark.
Hmmm, I wonder if I could get my boyfriend to work for me full time? (she says, deviously tapping her fingers together like Mr. Burns on The Simpsons)…
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ddv | November 20th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Oh man, I NEED a break from my wife during the work week, and it has nothing to do with her professional merit (she will soon out-earn me when she completes her CPA certification). I don’t think I could work with my wife–no matter if she was the “boss”.
It is a nice break to go our separate ways each day. It makes us miss each other, and gives us 2 different days to recount as we cook dinner and settle down for the evening. I fear if we worked together work would follow us home and everywhere. And that is no work/life balance!
~ddv
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Michelle Goodman | November 20th, 2006 at 9:24 am
i also think it would be hard to work with a partner. i can’t even write if someone else is in THE HOUSE. i used to work at, um, a giant software corporation, as a temp. and i had an officemate who was a newlywed. she and her huz drove to and from work together each day AND met for lunch every day. it kind of amazed me. i mean, didn’t they run out of things to talk about? “hi, honey, what’s new since i last saw you three freaking hours ago?” call me crazy…
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