AITJ because dad gave the business to brother so I left.

AITJ because dad gave the business to brother so I left.

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[shmoopyroo]

dude i would be so mad if me and my father built a business together for half my life then it was given to one of my siblings who wasnt involved at all. like i dont even think i could fathom that hard of a betrayal! especially since the guy got demoted! what was the father thinking????

[stephenmaxwellfuks]

I genuinely can’t understand why the family was so mad at him. He doesn’t have to be in the business to still be a part of the family, and even if he starts his own competing business he can still be a part of the family. In fact considering the father’s desire to serve his first son, even if it is stupid, this just seems like the best all solution to the conflict

[xegin]

OP's brother probably guilt-tripped the dad into giving him the business by present OP working with him as "favoritism", and both of them expected OP do stick around because he was attached to the buisness and because family. Then the dad thought that just saying sorry would be enough to fix things and is mad it isn't, both the dad and the brother are mad because they know without OP the business is screwed.

[Buldogg]

This is a case of "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." True, OP didn't create the family business, but he made it successful, he made it what it was before they threw him out for the "golden child". They don't deserve OP.The fact that employees and clients chose OP instead of the family proves he cares and knows more about it than them. The family can knock rocks and I wish OP a happy and fulfilling life :)

[superstan]

Imagine staking the lives of every employee of your company by giving the reins to someone who hasn't a clue rather than the perfect candidate, OUT OF PITY/GUILT.

Why do these idiots think playing with the livelihoods of everyone who relies on their company staying afloat is a good thing?

[premiumfruits]

A 50 van plumbing company is pretty massive if it's privately owned. Sounds like it's already on its way to failing. I used to be a plumber, and I know first hand tradeskill types absolutely despise working for someone who knows literally nothing about the trades kill. There's a reason those companies are built from the ground up by people who actually do the job.

[bulldog]

Tell me you love one child more than the other without telling me you love one child more than the other. Happy that OP was able to at least put his knowledge and connections to good use and start building his own empire. Even has an actual family that he can celebrate with. When life (or in this case family) gives you lemons, make lemonade.

[droganovic]

Lmao, can anyone say "golden child"

Heard this one before. Still can't get over how stupid the dad is 😅

[Anthologic]

I sincerely wish for there to be an update a year or two from now where OP explains that his business has expanded beyond belief and is thriving. That all of his old clients, as well as former colleagues, jumped ship to work with him and he gets to watch in satisfaction as his “brother’s” business crumbles to the ground. It would be the sweetest cherry on top to this story.

[crowfather]

The father doesn't seem too bright tbh. 😂 Watch what happens when the business goes under with the brother in charge.

[TJ-hgop]

The fact that his family only acts sad when he leaves the company, but then become angry when he doesn’t go in to work shows that they don’t care about him, they just want to use him.

[drifter]

I remember hearing this story for the 1st time on another channel. back then I thought the brother would run it into the ground because he doesn't know a damn thing about the business and now I still think the same thing. the only difference now is I think "how stupid do you have to be to give the business to the older son out of guilt rather than the younger one who worked his ass off to help build it up?"

[jakesenecal]

The brother is the definition of someone who thinks that because they have a degree, that they are smarter and better than everyone else.

[C.G.Gaster]

I laughed through my covid cough when they called him ungrateful. Seriously he's ungrateful, well if he's so ungrateful tell me where some of those employees went.

All for "Not giving him enough attention". I call crap. Now their company might go under cause Mr. Money Bags is in charge rather than someone who knows the work. If this business crashes, it's on the brother and the father, not op. I don't trust people to run a company (especially a smaller one like theirs) who only know what they learned in college or university, and don't know the work that they do inside and out. Not to mention a 20k demotion. I left a job over a 3 dollar change, 20k I would burn the bridge.

Now he wants OP to return and is using family to guilt him, damn, talk about killing a relationship by your own hand.

And lastly, good on op, I'm glad he has a life he can be mostly happy with. May his mother, father, and brother fail in life going forward, and I hope they take this as a lesson. Op should def uninvite his mother if she is, because she doesn't sound like she really wants him either, she just does not lose access to other family he may have. Good on the family for backing off, but let's see how long that'll be. It may be cynical, but people don't change that easily. Either they are saving face, want something, or very rarely actually changed.

[knowwhoiamyet]

If the company goes under because OP left, but would have stayed afloat if OP stuck around, then the owners weren't fit to own it, and the father made a mistake bigger than he first thought. Such is life with a golden child I suppose. None of the apologies sounded like anything more than kissing up, hoping to get OP to stay on for a 5 digit pay cut.

Know your worth, OP. Your family obviously doesn't.

[mahiyatsafiyullah]

Man that father just drove the titanic into the iceberg there. How on earth does he think an accountant is going to be able to understand and run a plumbing business when he has never done it himself and hasn't paid attention to how it works.

[mannydcbianco]

Had this happened to me I would have done exactly the same thing OP did. The utter disrespect and humiliation in having spent 13 years building the family business and then being tossed aside, demoted and given a huge pay cut when the brother - who hasn't worked a day in the family business - swoops in and gets full ownership. That's a level of disrespect that has to be deliberate. Why I have no idea, but that was deliberate. What they weren't counting on though was for OP to have a nice, shiny, girthy spine and take his skills and business contacts and start his own business. Now they're all suprisedpikachu'ing and wondering why OP won't come back.

[RStartGamingLOL]

The pain and betrayal OP must feel. You work for your dad for over a decade, make the business what it is, then get thrown away like you are nothing and did nothing for the business. I wish OP luck in the future and hope his business and those that saw his good work and joined him the best

[ConnorKD]

All respect to this guy, sounds like a great and genuine man, and as a Scot the kilt is a fantastic idea lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😃

[rainynight]

Listening to these really make me appreciate my own family.

They're not perfect by any means, but damn better than most of these stories I've been binging.