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Nepotism wasn't that big a deal many years ago when small businesses grew. As small businesses continues to die, people must work for bigger companies that often have a group of people that inserted their own friends and family into positions of authority.
As the rule of all businesses, competition is good. A company that runs on nepotism usually won't be as innovative and efficient as other competitors that hires the best and brightest. Nepotism usually lives in bigger companies and government workplaces that have yet to investigate work relationship until somebody reports them.
Nepotism is a form of corruption and is a flaw in capitalism system. In an ideal capitalist system getting hired is a function of merit and the person best able to add value to the company is hired. Also, managers are hired to look out for the best interests of the company and to hire the person who would add the most value to the company.
When they instead hire inferior candidates simply because they personally like them or know them they are ignoring their responsibility and acting in a corrupt manner. If I owned a business and found out that was going on I would fire the manager. If you are the owner and don't mind the loss of productivity from such practices then yea you have every right.
It is, unfortunately, very widespread. It causes damage in the form of reduced productivity, damage in the form of reduced morale, and personal damage to the candidate passed over for the inferior one.
Last edited by MSchemist80; 05-31-2016 at 10:11 AM..
Possibly. Are you likely to ride the worker you like as much as the ones you don't know. Will the worker take advantage of this and work not as hard? Will there nonetheless be a perception that the candidate you hired is there because of your relationship with him/her and thus damage morale?
In Quebec, the constant nepotism and cronyism has results in certain contracts being exclusively held/ run by specific companies. The same applies to any and all jobs available in those companies, as well as certain 'cost'.
Possibly. Are you likely to ride the worker you like as much as the ones you don't know. Will the worker take advantage of this and work not as hard? Will there nonetheless be a perception that the candidate you hired is there because of your relationship with him/her and thus damage morale?
does it matter? You can stay busy every moment of the day and not really affect productivity/profit
besides at the end of the day, each person decides how "hard" they worked... the guy running around "looking" busy may be running around because he is disorganized and don't know how to be efficient
The only problem I have with nepotism is when the employees are hired because of a relationship but they absolutely do not possess the qualifications and skills needed to do the job. At a small mom and pop shop it's less of an issue, but in big private corporations it is just terrible. If the person is related and can do the job well, that's fine, all is fair and well. But far too often in my corporate career (even some F500 companies), I've seen people get hired because they are a nephew/niece/friend/etc. and they have absolutely no idea what they are doing. nor are they qualified for the position. At one company I worked at one department hired a good friend of the supervisor for a 60k/year + good benefits for a mid level professional position. The guy had an associate's degree in general science and really no relevant work history, and originally the position was looking for someone with a Master's degree. Needless to say he had to be walked by the hand every day and was underperforming terribly, but hey, he was a good drinking buddy, so they kept him on the team because he showed up everyday to do barely nothing.
besides at the end of the day, each person decides how "hard" they worked... the guy running around "looking" busy may be running around because he is disorganized and don't know how to be efficient
If you have a situation where the workers have no confidence that meritocracy exists ie that doing a good job will be rewarded vs just doing the minimum not to get fired or yelled at then they have no motivation. They get disengaged. Poll after poll has found that worker disengagement is rampant and because the private sector is utterly terrible at motivating workers in part because of the perception (reality) that it is all about politics vs adding value to the company as capitalism should dictate.
Nepotism is a form of corruption and is a flaw in capitalism system. In an ideal capitalist system getting hired is a function of merit and the person best able to add value to the company is hired. Also, managers are hired to look out for the best interests of the company and to hire the person who would add the most value to the company.
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Isnt that what communism is? Best person is put in that position.
Isnt that what communism is? Best person is put in that position.
Actually communism is a lot like the situation we have going on now in most of the private sector. You are going to get the same crap pay and minimal raises no mater what your performance is so why put forth any extra effort. Unless you are a member of the well connected ruling class you have little to look forward to but more poverty and misery.
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