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Why we should never hire a family member of an employee into the company we are working for?

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Question added by Shukri Ibrahim , Administration Officer , Rezayat Company Ltd
Date Posted: 2017/01/05
Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

It's not 'never': sometimes it's a very good idea.

However, it can give rise to a conflict of interest.  Imagine a situation where a manager has to decide which of the team are to made redundant, during a cost cutting exercise.  One of the possible people is a family member.   This is not fair on anybody.

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