The poor business decision that I made was in talking my husband into hiring his brother to do some sub-contracting work. The situation at the time was this: My husband and I owned a general contracting company and it was going pretty good. So good in fact that we needed to hire a new employee. At the time my brother-in-law was unemployed and living at home with his parents. I personally felt that he was being a financial drain on them and thought to help everyone involved by convincing my husband to hire him to work for us. I figured that this would solve several problems at once. First, it would his brother feel better about himself. Second, it would his brother learn a skilled trade. Finally, it would keep him from being a financial burden to his elderly parents.

How this good intention of mine went bad. Well, my brother-in-law felt that his youngest sibling (my husband) he could not teach him anything. He wanted to come in as the project manager on the job we were......

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Title: Poor Decision Making
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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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