Family members or outsiders; who should I employ?

[Olajidey]

I am not in support of that, not all the family members will be rude ,there are some that will be trustworthy and willing to work wit you. If you decide not to employ non of the family member believe me the hat will be much what you need to do is look for the trust worthy and those you knw that will abide with the rules and regulation.
This is your business and you should not held anything back if you feel those you employ are not taking your business serious either family member or not

 

[Deleted member 27126]

Very soon I want to start a business, I just need to put together a few more things. Now what is bothering me is who to employ, because I will need like a dozen employment. Granted, I know some families members that are in need of employment but I don't trust them, and for good reason. This is not my first business, I had established a small one two years back and I employed relatives. But I cannot start relating what they did to me. They were being lackadaisical, uninterested, they were just acting anyhow. Some of them are older than me and this makes it somehow hard to reprimand them. I won't allow such action from other employees that are not my relatives, but when it comes to those that are supposed to support me the most, they are actually doing the opposite. Now they know what I am about to do again and I am already hearing words that some of them are expecting to work for me. Should I employ them again or just go for outsiders that I can handle?

Whether family members or not, I think the purpose of a business is what determines the kind of people you want to employ. business is different from familiar matters, but when your family members are trustworthy and capable of handling your business, you can try employing a few of them.

 

[Abupharm]

It is better and safer that you employ an outsider. For a successful business you have to look above family ties, your family will likely take your business with levity hands because they got it on a platter of gold rather than getting qualified for the position. The sole condition i will advise you to employ your family into business is only if you have maximum control over them and the business, and they are ready to follow all the work ethics.

 

[eenya00]

Am going to advise you from my own personal experience, don't hire who you can't correct, scold and most importantly sack, be it a family member or an outsider, but in a situation like yours, a business that is starting out, I would recommend you make use of the services of outsiders and not your family members as it would be easier for you to deal with emotionally. Because in sacking your family member, you would feel this guilt trip and let's take for instance in an African setting, it might even result to a deepen family crisis that might traumatize you emotionally,which could drain energy that could be used in pushing your business further.

 

[Josemendez]

Just as you said , with family members , it is not always easy for us treat them as they deserve when they misbehave ,but then when it comes to business one should not consider any family ties ,less the business is bound to fail.

In my opinion , there is a saying that one starts from home . Since there are family relatives that are jobless , those of them you think that are little bit trustworthy should be employed ,but with the agreement that they are subject to dismissal upon misconduct. If they accept the terms , then give them a chance and monitor them. It won't be ideal to allow your relatives to be jobless while you offer job to outsiders .

Will only have to monitor their action ,and hesitate not to sack them ,if you discover that they are not doing what will promote the business.

 

[Yugocean]

If you employ your relatives in your business, then surely your relation with them will come in, even firing them is hard because this will hit the relationship wall. This is up to you to decide whom you want to employ, but a right-minded employer have to employ only honest and hardworking people. Hiring relatives/people from same caste/tribe group or community is one thing for local business, this is only good when you have to keep business at that level only. My advice is, take help only from family members, but employ only those who are able to maintain the work responsibility.

 

[Kennysplash]

Trust is a very important aspect of any business. What they are trying to do to you right now is nothing more than cheap emotional blackmail. I am glad you have given them a chance in the past but they misused it, it would be disastrous to trust them this time around, a leopard never change its spots.

That they are mostly older than you is what makes it more of emotional blackmail. They are feeling entitled to you, believing you are the one that is responsible for all their needs. And it's not true.

Take your Stand and only employ qualified people even though they ain't family members. After All, what is family when your business is not moving well? They won't support you, so better think properly

Thank you very much for this. I know that is what I should do, if it is about trust, they have erased it from me totally. After I made the decision to let them off due to the harm they are bringing my business, you need to see how they were treating me and talking ill of me. But who cares, they had their chance and they misused it. No one as employee should be allowed to cause harm in any way in a business, not even a family member. If the business collapses they will go somewhere else, and I had no one's help in establishing this business. So bye to relatives, I should go for those that I can manage, not those that will manage me.

 

[Bookwormlux]

Trust is a very important aspect of any business. What they are trying to do to you right now is nothing more than cheap emotional blackmail. I am glad you have given them a chance in the past but they misused it, it would be disastrous to trust them this time around, a leopard never change its spots.

That they are mostly older than you is what makes it more of emotional blackmail. They are feeling entitled to you, believing you are the one that is responsible for all their needs. And it's not true.

Take your Stand and only employ qualified people even though they ain't family members. After All, what is family when your business is not moving well? They won't support you, so better think properly