I (63F)have been employed at a small business for 5 1/2 years. The owner is present, his oldest son is the estimator, middle son is field supervisor and youngest son a worker. Business cash flow has just this year been super tight due to mostly large contracts and less smaller projects to fill in the holes (my opinion). I am the office manager/bookkeeper. I have been a bookkeeper for 30 years, having had an engineering firm with my husband for 20 years. I do everything, Payroll, A/P, A/R, insurance etc. To save the company $, I volunteered to cut from FT to PT hours. I know I can do the job in half the time. It works for me because in August, I want to stay home days to take care of my new grandson. I plan on being in the office 1 day/week, working weekends and some evenings.
Problem: My boss brought his wife(58F) in to learn how to "cover for me" when I'm not in. After 12 weeks, she still cannot be trusted to do payroll correctly, she doesn't understand how to pay bills or bill customers. I am SO stressed, fixing her mistakes and checking everything she did while I was out. I even have a "How To" book but still not getting it. She is a very nice lady and we get along real well. Two weeks ago, I sat her down to talk about her doing just the daily things she was good at and leaving the rest to me, but she said she has to know everything if she is going to get the company's financial situation rectified. She questions everything, including if Quickbooks is right! She's good at saving a dime. I'm going to talk to the boss about my concerns. AITA telling him his wife cannot be taught?