Me sister and I have worked many jobs together over the years. One law firm we worked at, the manager knew we were sisters and just told us not to tell anyone. We didn’t, after about 3 years I left and went to another firm.
After a year there I was promoted so I suggested my old coworker (sister) for my old position. She was hired. We always talked about well what happens if a family member dies? At the time, we couldn’t come up with anything, and just hoped nothing would happen.
4 or so years in I got pregnant. While on maternity leave my grandfather died. My sister took bereavement. A few months later. We merged with a new firm, so basically we were new employees. Then my grandmother died. I happened to be off already because my daughter had an appointment, so I also told them my grandmother passed away and I had an additional day off. My sister had to go to work. My boss asked her if she heard my grandmother died and she said yes and had to make it through the day like nothing tragic happened. And few months after that, my brother died!!! I’m barely recalling what I was doing during this time, I know she told them her brother died. Once I got back to work. My boss said did you hear Shantell’s (fake name) brother died? I immediately said, he was my brother too! My boss said, oh I’m sorry I didn’t know. I said it’s ok. He’s a person who does not care about much, it probably never even registered to him. He never mentioned it again and no one said anything.
We were at a small firm, so they would not have wanted siblings working together for at least one reason, us being out at the same time. Now we’re a part of a very large firm. I don’t think we’ll be telling anyone, but when I think about it occasionally I’m like man this is kind of crazy.
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Why would anyone care that you are sisters?
You’re lying to us more like.
I work with twin sisters and they’re cool I don’t think it would be the end of the world if everyone knew
Are you in a position to fire each other?
Your last names don’t match?
It sounds like you’ve both managed a pretty unique situation and navigated it well, given the circumstances. While it might feel a bit crazy, it seems like you’ve kept your personal lives separate from your work lives and maintained professionalism. It’s understandable to wonder about the secrecy, but you’re not doing anything inherently wrong as long as it doesn’t affect your work or the workplace environment. Ultimately, it’s your decision whether or not to share this information—it’s just an unconventional setup.
You’re putting a lot of effort into hiding something for no reason. In most cases an employer will have a stated policy (if one exists) and even then it usually only applies in supervisory positions.
My husband and I “grew up” in our career together and worked at several health facilities at the same time. There’s never been an issue.
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No one needs to know
My wife and I used to work in hospitals together. One of the responsibilities our positions entailed was to count narcotics at the start of the work day, and since some of the hospitals we worked at were so small, my wife and I had to count narcotic medications together, multiple times a week. Good thing we weren’t and still are not druggies. Man I loved working with my wife. We were such a great team at work
This is strange, a mythomaniac thing. If I were a coworker and found out, I would be scared and cut off all contact.