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NotYourAverageStepMama's picture

I posted a few months ago my frustration with my job and especially my coworker who is my boss's daughter. Well, not only did I get a bonus this month which was another one of my complaints, but my boss called me today to tell me her daughter has quit. I am SO EXCITED. She apparently kind of backstabbed her mom (my boss) because she had no idea she was looking or anything. She also felt like she was unable to take ownership of projects after her one project just ran out and was instead assisting my other coworker and myself. Well, I think she is going to learn a hard lesson starting as the new person at a firm not ran by her mother, scratch that, MANY hard lessons. Supposedly my boss also told her that there is no guarantee for a position back at our firm if this doesn't work out. This is the same woman who did not get hired at the end of the internship like most do because they said she acted as though she knew it all already... 

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ESMOD's picture

Sometime the trash takes itself out.. lol.

Good for your.. and a good reminder that sometimes we are best served by focusing on our own plates..vs getting too bent out of shape over other people and what they are/are not doing.. others notice.. and ultimately.. she will likely do better at a company without the family association.. hard lessons and all.

NotYourAverageStepMama's picture

she is moving on to another company. The ego that girl is (I say girl because that is how she is acting). Last week we had an install and she was calling me and saying that this custom commercial furniture manufacturer was wrong and can I double check because it did not make sense to her... Luckily my boss was also on site so she went with mine and the manufacturers advice. Guess what? We were right and the daughter was wrong. I say "we" because I was following the manufacturer's guidance. 

Rumplestiltskin's picture

Congrats on the double good work news! Like Esmod said, the trash took itself out! And by trash, i mean her behavior. Sounds like she is young and maybe wasn't parented or trained well. If she's smart, she will take the lessons learned and apply them elsewhere. 

NotYourAverageStepMama's picture

Yes, she was very spoiled and then her parents divorced when she was entering high school and her behavior just intensified from there. I am so excited this Friday is her last day honestly.

NotYourAverageStepMama's picture

Friday is her last day. Yay!

JRI's picture

Nepotism - It's the bane of small businesses.  I once worked with a boss's daughter - temperamental, entitled, you know the drill.  I often wonder what happened, I guess she's still there, whining about everything 

Rumplestiltskin's picture

In a way, working with the boss's daughter sounds a lot like having a SD. You didn't choose her, she's in your space, and you're expected to work with her as part of your "team." But you have to be careful how/if you complain about any bad behavior because she's still Mommy's little girl and you know the boss is biased toward her because of it. Even if it's glaringly obvious that you are right, how you phrase things could set off Mom/Boss's parental protective feelings. 

NotYourAverageStepMama's picture

The last employee before her that got fired got into it with the boss's daughter and guess what? She was fired after. I mean there was a lot with this employee beforehand, but that is what broke the camel's back.