Nepotism

Oranage2

Has nepotism ever helped you out?


I know the only reason I have the job I have now is because a relative also works there.

SO has nepotism ever been in your favour: for example have you got off a fine because you know a Gaurd or you got a free flight because your friend is a pilot, or your dad owns the company, anything at all?

chin_grin

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Very true.

MonkeyTennis

my parents helped me get a job by fecking me out of the house

Ficheall

I'm sure there's a witty way and unusually appropriate way to work a "yore ma" response to this, but I can't think of it at the moment

Saila

your new word for the day is it?

Saila

Ficheall wrote: »

I'm sure there's a witty way and unusually appropriate way to work a "yore ma" response to this, but I can't think of it at the moment

there isnt but if more people thought like this instead of using it like a meme it might still be funny

CricketDude

The only people who have a problem with nepotism are the ones whoes relatives arent in a position to get them a job.

Saila

CricketDude wrote: »

The only people who have a problem with nepotism are the ones whoes relatives arent in a position to get them a job.

so what you saying is yes then.

hondasam

Yes of course, no point in having people who can help you if you don't benefit from it.
It happens everywhere, it's human nature to call in a favour.

Abi

Nope, I don't know of anyone that would be of any use to me in that way. On the other hand I got jobs for my friend and my brother in the past. The positions were genuinely there, and they were skilled enough for the work, so I put their CV's forward.

John Doe1

Yeah my dad invented the internet so i get to experience the new 3-D smellovision porn:)

lazygal

No, I got every job I ever worked on my own merits, same as my siblings.

Richard Hillman

No I've never gotten anything out of life from family in terms of jobs or opportunity. And yes, I resent them for it.

Sky King

Oranage2 wrote: »

or your dad owns the company, anything at all?

Um, I don't think being given a job in your dad's company is really considered nepotism. It's kind of a given.

Hence 'family business'.

Zebra3

Got daddy's seat in the Dail. :pac:

Standard Toaster

Worked against me in the past. Pretty sure I'd be an aircraft mechanic now if I didn't have family in the business at the time.

saa

I am totally against it, business would benefit if people did not hire relatives.
But I am also only saying this because no relative has ever gotten me a job.

chin_grin

mikemac1 wrote: »

How mods get appointed

You are either in the clique or you are not

Aw, diddums. You can be in the cool gang too. Actually! Lets make our own off-shoot clique!

SeaFields

when it works against you its called nepotism...

when it works for you its called networking....

Zen65

Oranage2 wrote: »

Has nepotism ever helped you out?

Not to my knowledge, but it's always possible somebody did me a good turn without me knowing.

Z

Niles

chin_grin wrote: »

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Very true.

It's not what you do, it's...

paddyandy

What is an employer to say ...."i can't give you a job because we're related "?

Intensive Care Bear

Yep it sure has, when i was a teenager i was unemployed and my cousin and brother started a massive electrical job in Dublin and offered me a job, it was only supposed to be for a few months but the company liked me and offered me a full time job. Ten years later i'm still working as an electrician.

Niles

To be honest I don't really mind someone getting a job through someone day know, my problem is more with people who get promoted (or kept on after temporary work) on this basis. In my experience this is as rife in the private sector as it is in the public one.

Once got a summer job with the help of a family member but would have never tried to use it for special treatment or anything. The boss seemed pleased with my performance and invited me back, I'd like to think on my own merits.

NTMK

I could have done in both politics and sport

but im ****ing stubborn and i want to achieve on my own merits and not because my ancestors and relatives have achieved great things

Shiroki

Dad got me 3 days work during summer. The manager liked me and offered me a job That was 3 years ago and it's getting me through college now

BallyEllen

Got my first job because my brother worked with the company. Stayed there 8 years until recession hit. One of my colleagues there got me a job in the company where his aunt was a director. I'm there 3 years and also work 12 hours a week for that same colleague who set up his own business.


I must be shocking bad at interviews because I've never got a job on my own merit!!!!

Captain Darling

Ficheall wrote: »

I'm sure there's a witty way and unusually appropriate way to work a "yore ma" response to this, but I can't think of it at the moment

Ma yore?

castletownman

My Dad is a doctor. I'm going to take over the family business when he retires.

It's all about who you know

Chuck Stone

I come from a long line of pantomime horse operators.

Someday I hope to work my way up to the front - my back is hammered from being the arse end.

Skerries

my mum got me an interview and 13 years later i'm still here
friends take the piss out of me still

Senna

My sister got me a summer job where she worked when i was 15.

Nepotism will get many people a "foot in the door", if its a private company not owned or run by a family member then its up to that persons ability whether they get promoted, or even last in that job.

LighterGuy

There is nepotism and favoritism every where. Of course, people rarely admit to it.... But you have to look after your own. Because everyone else does the same.

Azureus

I've helped friends get jobs in the company I work for this summer, but in fairness they were genuinely qualified for the position so of course I'd help them out. Thy still had to pass interviews etc so its not like they were a shoe-in just because they were reccommended.

Nepotism has kinda gone against me aswell though-a family member (who I dont even speak to due to a bad family history) worked in the head office of an old company I used to work for, and when someone heard about it there was a lot of 'she only got the job because X works here' rumours. Pissed me off because I worked hard to get that job, unaware the relative even worked there.

Oranage2

I wasnt try to offend anyone because I'd get the "you only have the job because...", And although I had to do an interview, pass training and pass a 6 month probation I still wouldnt have got that interview if it wasnt for my relative.


Also I think it's very brave to get a friend a job, this can easily back fire so I wouldnt put a friends name forward unless I knew they could do the job and even then I'd be hesitant.

paddyandy

Imagine your Father offers you a job his job and his company to own and carry on the Business .But you hav'nt the remotest interest in it and you hav'nt told him and he is desperate for you to be MD and chief exec . I heard of it years ago . It must happen .

I Heart Internet

Me and 2 of my siblings (at different times) had summer jobs with the company my father works for. He was an employee (a long-serving, trusted one) and the jobs weren't in anyway amazing or a step into our chosen careers, but they were very good for earning a pile of money during college summers.

This was back in 1999 - mid 2000 though when they were screaming out for staff anyway.