Working with Family: A Blessing or a Curse?
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In this episode, we dive into the complicated world of family businesses. Our discussion kicks off with anecdotes from guests who have both cherished the experience of working with their family and faced the challenges it brings. From the humorous and heartfelt stories of fathers and sons clashing over work ethics to the drama of sibling rivalry in a heated workspace, find out how these relationships play out in the professional sphere.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>0:00 </time>
So, yes, speaking of Alan Scott, who was in recently, said he worked. briefly with his son at a haunted house. Him and his son worked together. And it started another conversation about working with your family. Now, you've got instances of nepotism where the old man hires his screw-up kid to somehow give him a job to maybe have him move out of the east wing of the mansion one day. Then you've got the father and son start-up. Maybe a job handed down from generation to generation. God, what's the guy's name right down there at Union Craft Brewing? The food's standing there. John and Sons. Bob Newhart. Bob Newhart and Sons. Bob Newhart and Sons Eatery right at Union Craft Brewing down the way. We'll be doing the .05K. That's like a family thing. You get to see father and sons back there cooking and booking, serving you delicious treats. That can be fun.
SPEAKER 04 : <time>0:58 </time>
Joe Stamboni said he tried to work with his father, could not do it. That's right.
SPEAKER 01 : <time>1:03 </time>
Why? My dad, he owned a small little first aid supply company, like the first aid kits we have back here with the aspirin and Tylenol and Band-Aids.
SPEAKER 08 : <time>1:13 </time>
That's a niche business.
SPEAKER 01 : <time>1:15 </time>
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>1:15 </time>
Joe's dad owned a sex toy testing facility.
SPEAKER 01 : <time>1:18 </time>
Hey, son, f*** this. I was too good at it. Right in front of me. Yeah, so he would kind of go from office to office. He would sell them the kit, and then they'd have to sign on. They'd have like a year or however long they had to sign on for. Then he would go back. He'd sell the kit. Then he would go back monthly and restock it. So it was a nice little hustle. But yeah, he wanted me to do that. I couldn't work with him, though. Why? It wouldn't... Would it tear you two apart? Yeah, we would just argue the whole... He would want me to do things a certain way. I think I have a better way of doing it. I'd always... You know, he was a little more old school, so he'd be like, we need to get some stuff on the internet. We need to, you know, we need to be... We need to bring this company into the 21st century.
SPEAKER 03 : <time>2:01 </time>
What are you talking about?
SPEAKER 01 : <time>2:02 </time>
Shut up, boy! He didn't even have an email address. Shut up! Exactly.
SPEAKER 03 : <time>2:06 </time>
You gotta look a man in the eye, Joe. When you make a deal, you gotta look a man in the eye. You gotta shake his hand. And you always give him a deal. You don't know anything about the internet. We don't need the internet. You call that a handshake? Tuck in your shirt.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>2:21 </time>
Tuck in your penis.
SPEAKER 03 : <time>2:23 </time>
You don't put the aspirin away like that. I told you how to put the aspirin away. Stop taking time. Aspirin on the top left. Top left.
SPEAKER 04 : <time>2:30 </time>
Is that how it was? That's how it was.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>2:31 </time>
It's like you heard a recording of your workplace. Yeah, I'm having PTSD. Next time the old man calls, you could ask about him firing me as his assistant when he was a handyman. Dude, I embarrassed my dad so badly to this day I feel guilty about it. If you think I'm a sissy at 46, you should see what I was like at 13. He was in between assignments. He worked in the union. And when you worked for the union and you were out of a job, you would go down to the union hall and you'd sign the book. And when you were in the book, you eventually got bumped to the top of the book and you were next in line to get a gig. But in between then, bills still coming. So he took handyman work. And he would tar driveways. He would do electrical work. And there was this woman that needed cable run through her attic to go down this other side of the wall so he could string some lights, put up some sconces. That's right. Well, guess what? He's got a tiny little boy. Guess who can scurry up through attics?
SPEAKER 03 : <time>3:24 </time>
Yes. Get up in there.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>3:25 </time>
And I can't get this. He had a snake. One of the things I could snake cable.
SPEAKER 03 : <time>3:29 </time>
Fish it down to me. Fish the wire down.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>3:31 </time>
I can't do it.
SPEAKER 03 : <time>3:32 </time>
Are you a moron?
SPEAKER 05 : <time>3:33 </time>
It's welting. I've got sweat in my eyes. There's little pieces of insulation. I start crying. Dude, I start crying. Are you crying?
SPEAKER 03 : <time>3:44 </time>
No! Are you crying? Just fix the damn wire down! Can you see it? Can you see my head?
SPEAKER 08 : <time>3:52 </time>
Look for the light! There's no crying in wires.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>3:56 </time>
He's like, get down. The owner is there, and she has to hear this poor man Braiding his sobbing son in a ceiling.
SPEAKER 02 : <time>4:08 </time>
And I'm going... He takes me out front.
SPEAKER 05 : <time>4:11 </time>
He's like, you can't do that, man. You cannot be... It looks like child labor. I mean, it was. But still, we only worked together on a couple of jobs. I helped him pave some driveways. And we got a chance to hang out. We go to McDonald's together. It was great. But that last one, he's like... Y