**husband & Wife /siblings In Same Company/dept**

[treefingers]

what's your take on having couples or siblings or cousins work for same company esp. same dept?

or what if they were hired when they were single then married ? should one of them be forced to resign?

treefingers

[KuyaDanny]

"Forced to resign" could be illegal here.

One should be reassigned so that there are no superior-subordinate relationships between relatives, or, worse, a third party is "sandwiched" between two relatives (one boss, one subordinate).

[woofers]

My brother and I were in the same company (a French multinational) for a year, same department (R&D) but different product teams. No problem.

What KD says about there being no superior-subordinate relationshps is spot on.

[^pusa^]

ok lang un. my mom and dad are working under the same company but magkaibang department nga lang sila (mom: hr dept, dad: engineering dept)

[KuyaDanny]

Watch out for unexpected hiring of a "kabit" of the owner/director/high ranking officer. That's bad news.

[luks7210]

I think as long as there is no direct relation to their job duties and responsibilities, then there's no problem in there. The reason that there's this kind of rule is to avoid conflict of interest within the company. :)

[treefingers]

ok lang un. my mom and dad are working under the same company but magkaibang department nga lang sila (mom: hr dept, dad: engineering dept)

there could conflict on this. mom has access to confidential infos in HR.and what if your dad will be subject to...for example disciplinary process. well, she can inhibit herself.

as we all know HR is involved to all employees.

[drei221]

My wife and I belong to the same department (Engineering). We met in the office 7 years ago and got married 4 years after. We still belong to the same department/section but with different group. I hold a higher position than her but that doesn't bother her.

[robin]

My ex employer has this global policy that you can hire relations as long as you don't work in the same department/projects. Especially projects since this would take out the "questionables" even if you do not work in the same dept.

[Ice Burn]

Here are the limitations on employment (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTHRJOBS/0,,contentMDK:20544661~pagePK:64262408~piPK:64262191~theSitePK:1058433,00.html) in my former company.

I think they had a problem with Nepotism back then because people were using the job openings to bring their whole extended family in the US or any choice country office jobs whether they were qualified or not.

AS for spouses and domestic partners, they can't limit that because what if you met in the office. It's illegal to make the other one quit just because you are got in a relationship only when you met in the office. But there are still limitations wherein you cannot have a supervisor-subordinate position.

As for my new company, I have yet to find out when I finally start (damn immigration bureaucracy).

[aüdí]

my girlfriend and I have almost the same dilemma.. we applied for the same position for this IT company.. interviewed by the same persons and we both passed.. with how our interviews went, it seems we will be deployed in the same group with the same team lead assigned on the same project.. we have a strong feeling that they dont know anything about our relationship.. i can assume this because during my interviews, my interviewers usually mention my gf's name "I interviewed Ms. L a while ago/ I will be interviewing Ms. L later, i understand you both currently work for the same company".. I didnt mention anything about our relationship since they didnt ask of our connection.. we will be starting next month for the company and i am worried that they might feel that we have deceived them by not telling about our relationship.. what should i do? should i be worried at all?

[treefingers]

my girlfriend and I have almost the same dilemma.. we applied for the same position for this IT company.. interviewed by the same persons and we both passed.. with how our interviews went, it seems we will be deployed in the same group with the same team lead assigned on the same project.. we have a strong feeling that they dont know anything about our relationship.. i can assume this because during my interviews, my interviewers usually mention my gf's name "I interviewed Ms. L a while ago/ I will be interviewing Ms. L later, i understand you both currently work for the same company".. I didnt mention anything about our relationship since they didnt ask of our connection.. we will be starting next month for the company and i am worried that they might feel that we have deceived them by not telling about our relationship.. what should i do? should i be worried at all?

ok lang yan kasi di pa kayo kasal. you'd have to adjust once u get married and still in d same team

[KuyaDanny]

Always keep in mind the risks. If you are married and work in the same company, your suffer double the pain if your employer goes belly up.