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Speaking Practice ( 2 )High price of Mom’s help is drag on family business
Dear ABBY, Twenty years ago, my sister and I bought a business from my mother. We all love and respect one another and get along well. We will be finished paying off the business in two years. Our problem - Mom, who is now 77, still draws a salary from us above the beyond the payment for the business. Her workload has lessened greatly, as it should. She could do all of her work in one day and lessen the burden of salary. However, she says “ she’d go crazy if she retired. We don’t want that. She could still come in as often as she wants and do her personal paper work, banking, letter writing, reading, etc. These are all things she does at work……On the clock. If we try to discuss this, Mom gets hurt and says – just let me know when I am not worth the money. We don’t want to do that. We would hope she would see the fairness of this and suggest it herself. Business expenses are going through the roof, and there are updates we should make, but we can’t do that as long as we are paying Mom at the level we are, on top the money for the buy- out. Daughters dearest. |
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