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update: should I leave my family business?

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Ultimately I’m still with the family construction business and I suspect I will be for the rest of my career. We’ve had blunt conversations about the dearth of women in construction and why, and he sees what this industry is like and doesn’t think it should be like this. Here’s the update. A lot has changed, and a lot has not.

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should I leave my family business?

Ask a Manager

We’re a construction firm. I’ve worked at the company since I was 14, doing office work over the summers all the way through college. My dad is my boss, but he is not a good delegator, manager, or mentor. He asked, “Have you decided construction isn’t for you?” Yesterday my dad confronted me about that.