My husband worked for me for 11 months after losing his pilot job – Businesswoman

Nigerian entrepreneur Bunmi George, widely known as Jbums, has shared a touching account of her husband's support after he lost his job as a pilot. For 11 months, he worked at her fitness company, Shredder Gang, earning a salary, a period she described on the "Dear Ife" podcast as one that ultimately strengthened their marriage.

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He had a meeting with me and said, ‘We have to cut down our expenses.’ First of all, we had two cars, and he said one had to go.

George recounted how her husband proactively addressed the family's financial shift. "He had a meeting with me and said, 'We have to cut down our expenses.' First of all, we had two cars, and he said one had to go," she recalled. He also suggested reducing domestic staff, emphasizing the need to adjust to a single income, even as George continued to earn money from her business.

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I told him, ‘I’m still making money now. I’m still working.’ But he said, ‘There’s only one income, so everything must be cut down,'

Her husband's support extended beyond financial planning; he led by example. "He was not just saying, 'This is what we are going to do.' He was showing me that it was possible. He took up a lot of responsibility around the house, and he was willing to do it," George said. He later joined her company, working alongside other employees and even personally handling product deliveries, a role he undertook without customers realizing his identity.

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He was not just saying, ‘This is what we are going to do.’ He was showing me that it was possible. He took up a lot of responsibility around the house, and he was willing to do it.

George lauded her husband's actions as acts of humility and leadership. "I thought that was humility. That was a leader. He didn’t just sit at home. He came to work for his wife and did whatever was needed," she stated. She emphasized that true leadership, in her view, is not solely defined by income but by one's position and role within the home. George made a conscious effort to maintain respect for her husband throughout this period, ensuring her words and actions honored him emotionally.

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One of the things that blows people’s minds is that he actually came to work for my company. He used to come to the office, and he was earning a salary.