Business owner finds out they hired the ex of their biggest client as the new designer, client demands they fire him: 'My business feels like a reality show'

When a couple decides to call it quits and break up, both would do pretty much anything to avoid having to see each other ever again. They move cities, get new jobs, find new friends; anything to sever that tie and forget about that challenging breakup.

When a breakup is so awful that you have to get a lawyer, the very last thing you need is another encounter, which is what complicated matters for the business owner in the story below. A busy month at work led them to the decision to hire a new designer to help them out, and so they did. However, a week after the designer started, a big client reached out to the business manager and revealed that the new hire is her ex-boyfriend, with whom things definitely did not end well.

That ex now has full access to the client's brand file and sensitive business information. Apparently, he knew about this connection and was not surprised when the owner brought up this delicate issue.

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Although the business owner could have never predicted this situation, they do feel responsible for the complication, and are now not sure what they should do next…
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$For the first week everything was great. fast communication, clean work, no red flags. then one of my biggest clients calls me out of nowhere and says, "hey, weird question but is \[name\] working with you now?" I said yeah, they're parttime helping out with design.$

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