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Most places I have worked had strict anti-nepotism policies. If a pair of coworkers got married, one of them usually had to quit.
However the company where I work now is the opposite. They highly encourage employees to get their relatives kids, wife ect to apply for open positions. They say it guarantees loyalty to the company and improves longevity. They say these benefits are a bigger positive than the difficulty of dealing with one family member quitting or getting fired. The company does not hold the Dad accountable if the son comes and steals and gets fires or drinks or whatever. Everyone stands on their own according to policy anyway.
My daughter is applying for a position as receptionist. If she gets it, we will likely drive to work together. That means I will arrive an hour earlier and more consistently than normal - so the company benefits. Right now I arrive when I want to (within reason). Thus, I am usually in between 745 and 900. If my daughter gets the position, she will have to be here every day at 7 or 7:30, so will I. I will not mind because it means I get to spend an extra hour and a half with my daughter each day which outweighs the onus of having to come in early and consistently. Plus I do not have a lonely drive in to work.
One guy has three generations working here. four of his kids, one grandkid, two brothers and a nephew. They get singled out as a shining example of a family dedicated to the company and committed to its success.
This policy seems to work extremely well. The people with family here usually stay for their whole career. The company has grown to one of the top 50 companies in the US in out business and has always been profitable during every one of its 100 years.
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I was a supervisor at a public agency in CA that had civil service exams for every position except executive and GM, and then the top scorers were interviewed. Even with that, I ended up with 3 generations working for me. I inherited the mother and grandmother, hired the daughter. A couple of years later her brother got a job in another department. All were among our best employees. The only difficulty was for me, if they took a family vacation and all 3 wanted the same week off. I could only allow it if there was only 1-2 others off that week, or we would be left short handed, because I only brought in 4-5 summer relief temps.
When I worked for the then Fortune #1 company there were many relatives working there. Once we had a chance to recommend a family member for employment and they got first consideration. It worked out fine. I agree with the OP.
The issue we have is the hires are usually family members of Administrators cronies, and they are then protected, and usually get back door bennies....example: unreported paid days off, then carry over whatever they are entitled to yearly....unjust OT.....regardless of work performance.
Nepotism should be made illegal period and anyone that engages in such practices should be fired and face legal repercussions. . Since any time it's involved something illegal or against company policies is probably going on to begin with. Mostly probably shady back door deals as the poster above mentioned. Can't have one without the other
If the owner want to do it I guess it is their business they can eat any problems or lost opportunities. If management at a company does it or a public agency it is corruption period. The job of management is to hire the best person for the job and lowering standards for friends and relatives costs the company money and morale. Also as Beer belly indicated having a subordinate that is a friend or relative is very likely to lead to more lax treatment of that worker compared to the rest of the team which will often lead to loss of efficiency and loss of morale.
For a privately owned company, sure, particularly if privately held. That's a reason why people create companies. They can run it how they want, and if they favor unprofitable relatives over profitable non-relatives, then they get the privilege of going out of business.
For a publically held company, there are already public laws applicable, and stockholders will maintain accountability.
I don't consider it nepotism at all simply for related people to work in the same company or government agency, particularly if one is not in the chain of command of the other or has no real way to influence the hiring and career of the other.
Nepotism should be made illegal period and anyone that engages in such practices should be fired and face legal repercussions. . Since any time it's involved something illegal or against company policies is probably going on to begin with. Mostly probably shady back door deals as the poster above mentioned. Can't have one without the other
There are many communities that have only one or two major employers, and it's been common for generations for multiple family members to work for that employer. The simple fact of multiple family members working for a company is no red flag for corruption.
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