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[quote=Anonymous]Let me put it another way:  you hire two people to work on your house:  one is a handyman, the other is a cleaner.  They don't get along, and come to you.  What do you do?

Well, first of all, I tell them I am paying them to do a job.  Unless someone is threatening the other (at which point I get the police involved), I tell them to work through it.  Now, if it continues, I probably fire one or both.  Who I fire will depend on:

1) the relationship I have with them.  If she has been cleaning for me for 5 years, she has the edge

2) who is easier to replace.  Cleaners are easier to find than  handymen.  Advantage handyman.

This is assuming no violence or theft is involved.  If someone is steeling from me, I will take action.

And this is no different that at work:  they are hiring you to do a job.  Unless someone is doing something illegal, I am going tell y'all to work it out.  If I have to get involved,   I will make a business decision.  It might not be fair, but I can find a new admin assistant much easier than a senior software engineer with 18 years java experience.  (I think that is when java came out...).[/quote]

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