When married couples work together, it can be difficult to separate work from their personal relationship. Problems at home, may affect your behavior at work. At the same time, when you are experiencing problems on the job, you will unwittingly bring them home instead of leaving them at the office. The following are some of the disadvantages of married couples working together:
1. Youmay find it difficult to take time off at the same time. For example, taking vacations together may not be possible, as companies may not be able to afford both employees to be out at the same time.
2. Another disadvantage is if the company goes out of business and both partners find themselves unemployed at the same time. These difficult situations can be a problem, and are important issues to consider when deciding to work at the same place.
3. With time, you may find that the only thing you have in common is work, and the only thing they talk about is the job, co-workers and their boss. Make sure you do other things together and spend quality time as a couple.
4. Power struggles. If both of you work in the same department, you might start competing with each other, feeling jealous of each other’s success or envious that one is doing a better job or getting more attention than the other. This can have a negative effect on the marriage, and cause resentment between you if you don’t discuss it after work.
5. Spending too much time together. If you have no option but work together, you might find yourselves glued to your partner’s side all the time. To avoid that, try not to share lunch or breaks together and spend them with other coworkers instead.
6. If working at the same company is making your personal relationship suffer; consider requesting to be transferred to another branch or at least another department within the company.
Learning how to work together while maintaining a loving and healthy marriage can be achieved by separating work life from home life. Make sure you schedule some timeto spend together as husband and wife, leaving business and work behind.
