Under One Roof

Last Saturday evening, my sister, Grace, who works as a teacher in a well-known, high end Chinese school in the metro, went home with her first ham. The first of many, she was told by her co-teachers. It was given by a student who will be taking an early school leave because their family will be going on a vacation somewhere in Europe. My sister was laughing when her co-teachers were regaling her with stories about the past holiday gifts they received from parents. My sister was thinking the whole time that her diet would surely take a backseat now. An Orovo will come in handy for her hehe

Christmas parties are being held left and right and it started as early as December 1st. My cousin is having their Christmas party this week. My friend Shen had their party last Saturday night. My sisters will have theirs this coming week. It’s a crazy life everywhere these days because of the holidays. Good thing I work at home. I am spared from all the craziness outside the house. Horrible traffic jams… now that’s another thing. I just had to go check on a spray booth that my aunt asked me to when I got stuck in a two-hour traffic. The travel time should have been less than an hour but because of the mallwide sales going on that day, traffic became even more horrible if that’s even possible. So I am okay inside the house, thank you very much.

I saw this entry about couple working for the same company at e-Pamilya…

It just reminded me of the couple I once worked with. The woman works as the unit head of a spin-off group of the main company. She is the marketing director of that group/company. The guy works as the head of the creative artists of the main company. There is no conflict there, considering they are working for “different” companies, right? Wrong.

The marketing director sometimes dabble as the QA head of the creative team. That’s where the conflict starts. How do you criticize a husband when his work is mediocre? She sugarcoats everything. And since the couple have been working for the company since they were both single, the owners overlook this situation.

I might have worked with a couple who shouldn’t really be working for the same company. There might be couples out there who are in the same situation but manages to remain professional at work. But how do you separate a personal against a professional life anyway? What if the two of you had a major fight and you have to be together for the whole day, stuck in the same office?

Do you think it is wise for a couple to remain working for the same company?