Family members working together

Did the tour of the print museum in beggars bush, would highly recommend it.
So one of the point of interest was that being a compositor was a top job, that apprenticeships were always keep in the family, and that printing family often married each other which lead to family's of printing dynasties fair enough and not uncommon at the time.

I have worked in a place( over 20 years ago ) where almost whole family worked there. Where I work now two people are married to people working in the same organisation and at one stage I had a boss who had both family and in laws working in the organisation. I hasten to add its not nepotism there is a very rigorous recruitment processes in place.

One of the revelations about St John of Good is that the CAO has five family members working in the organisation, but if they have gone through a recruitment processes is there anything wrong in family members all working in the same organisation?

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It cuts both ways really, if its a family business its a lot harder to just walk away if the going gets tough, your whole life is pretty invested in it and you are shafting your nearest and dearest.

On the other hand if there are dodgy dealings going on you have pretty much no choice but to go along with it or basically loose your family, although you could argue its there fault for doing it to you.

Samaris

Overall, it's not surprising when family members work together, especially if a parent created the business (or charity). The parent is presumably passionate about what they're doing and instils that in their children. Or a man and woman meet each other in a similar field and get married and continue working in the same place/same area.

Personally, I'd be inclined to encourage my kids to work in a similar field (if they want it), but in a different company but with the job industry as is, it's not always viable.

Obviously, it can lead to nepotism. Sometimes even accidental nepotism - the recruiter knows more about the kid related to the company, knows their personality and work ethic and knows they're passionate about it and that wins through. It is easily abused though. In an auditing position, I would be interested that there were five family members in high positions in a charity and I'd be inclined to comb the records on that to ensure there wasn't any funny business (assuming auditors have the right to do that), but I wouldn't automatically assume there is something fishy.

Samaris

Samaris wrote: »

I'd be inclined to comb the records on that to ensure there wasn't any funny business (assuming auditors have the right to do that), but I wouldn't automatically assume there is something fishy.

Here in the sw a number of fellows have trawlers and usually their sons end up working on them too.

I always regard that as fishy.

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I worked, and I use that term loosely, with my father with his job pretty much any time he needed help and I loved it. Genuinely the best memories I have of my childhood, and even as an adult, we could work together all day long and the only time there'd be a conflict was if he said we'd finish at 5, and you're watching the clock to hit 5, and you're not finished but he said we would be at 5. I'd want to pack up right there and then to go home whereas he would make us finish what we were doing and then go home.

If I had to work with my fiancé or my brother id be flat out on Xanax before lunch time, I'd be driven up the walls.