I’m always amused whenever I see a company advertise itself as “family-owned”. Every family-owned company I’ve ever worked for has been run by a competent but morally bankrupt founder and his dirt-stupid but morally bankrupt children.
My favorite one of these was a company that imploded because the founder was banging his son’s wife (who was also the mother of his grandchildren). This was considered unremarkable in Louisiana.
Been there done that (except perhaps the son’s wife banging thing - that I know of). The founder desesperately wanted his son as the boss and his daughter as HR. Except the son was stupid and mean, and the daughter was a bit brighter but even more machiavellous.
The son made only yes-men stay under him, the morale went down everywhere. The company went bankrupt shortly after I left. I was not unhappy about the outcome.
The only time I interviewed for a family run private business, the son was the CTO and paneled me with a rather downtrodden looking Indian dude who was the tech lead.
First thing out of the son’s mouth: “I see on your resume you worked at AMD. They make hardware so why would they need you?”.
Wdym?
Well you are a programmer.
I was stupified, and the tech lead had the exact same reaction Mike Myers had when Kanye said George Bush hated black people.
Nepotism is present in virtually every company, because it’s usually cheaper and more reliable than hiring a random person. Depending on the position, the candidate may not even need to be qualified at all. So you just get your partner’s cousin, who they are in constant contact with. They will do their best, because it’s in their own best interest + if they fuck up, it’ll be family drama for the next 3 years.
I’d say 90% of all job offers require either no specialized skills, or skills that can be easily learned in the first 3 months of the job. So it makes perfect sense to get a reliable family member, who then you can train and have an overall better employee, who is likely to stay at the company for longer. Furthermore, all the money you pay them stays in the family, so it’s kind of like you haven’t given anything away.
We’re like a family may also = nepotism.
I’m always amused whenever I see a company advertise itself as “family-owned”. Every family-owned company I’ve ever worked for has been run by a competent but morally bankrupt founder and his dirt-stupid but morally bankrupt children.
My favorite one of these was a company that imploded because the founder was banging his son’s wife (who was also the mother of his grandchildren). This was considered unremarkable in Louisiana.
Been there done that (except perhaps the son’s wife banging thing - that I know of). The founder desesperately wanted his son as the boss and his daughter as HR. Except the son was stupid and mean, and the daughter was a bit brighter but even more machiavellous. The son made only yes-men stay under him, the morale went down everywhere. The company went bankrupt shortly after I left. I was not unhappy about the outcome.
Daughter-in-law
The only time I interviewed for a family run private business, the son was the CTO and paneled me with a rather downtrodden looking Indian dude who was the tech lead.
First thing out of the son’s mouth: “I see on your resume you worked at AMD. They make hardware so why would they need you?”.
Wdym?
Well you are a programmer.
I was stupified, and the tech lead had the exact same reaction Mike Myers had when Kanye said George Bush hated black people.
TIL
Nepotism is present in virtually every company, because it’s usually cheaper and more reliable than hiring a random person. Depending on the position, the candidate may not even need to be qualified at all. So you just get your partner’s cousin, who they are in constant contact with. They will do their best, because it’s in their own best interest + if they fuck up, it’ll be family drama for the next 3 years.
I’d say 90% of all job offers require either no specialized skills, or skills that can be easily learned in the first 3 months of the job. So it makes perfect sense to get a reliable family member, who then you can train and have an overall better employee, who is likely to stay at the company for longer. Furthermore, all the money you pay them stays in the family, so it’s kind of like you haven’t given anything away.