I work at a fairly large company in a good position (I have been working there for years). Recently my brother (21M) has decided he wants to quit his current job due to it’s mask mandate, and has applied for a position where I work.

I am 100% against this for a few reasons.

First off, although it’s probably selfish of me, I don’t want to combine my work and home life. Me and my brother fight a lot, and I don’t want that to carry over into the workplace. I take my job very seriously and am hoping for a management position one day. They already rely on me for a lot (I train new employees and am in charge of the safe when closing, along with being the unofficial manager of my department as we are short staffed manager-wise).

I am also concerned on how my brother will be as an employee.

My brother can’t handle stress at all, and will shut down crying and flipping out. He is special needs and so I don’t judge him for it too much, but in the field I work in (retail) it can be very high stress and requires professionalism with customers. I’m afraid his behavior may jeopardize me, because I have always had to be the one to help him when he is struggling and my parents are unavailable. If he is screaming and crying around customers, I will have to drop everything to help him or my parents will blame me for it.

I don’t have the authority to say no to hiring him, but if they ask me my opinion (which they likely will), WIBTA for recommending they say no?

The reason I think I might be the bad person is that by saying no I am likely to prevent him from getting the job, and I feel my reasons may be selfish because I am looking out for my career instead of his.