The GGG
02/10/2021
Adverse Effects of Nepotism In The Workplace.
Nov 7 2019
By Sriya
Nepotism is a practice that has been running in our blood since our ancestors’ time.
You prefer seeing our family, relatives or friends being successful more than the strangers you have just met.
Often, you try to enroll your family members and friends in a certain job regardless their qualifications.
You try to get your work done faster by using our family, relatives’ names, especially in government offices.
Taking favor of your own family members is actually good, but it depends how much?
How much do you support your family regardless their capabilities that hampers the organizations system?
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Lower Employee Morale
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Risk Legal Action
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Discrimination
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Lack of Fairness
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Impedes Talent Retention
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Risk of Family Feuds
When family members and close friends work together in a same company, there are high chances of them having conflicts.
They can bring on the issues of their personal lives which can easily turn into huge conflict at workplace.
These feuds can be the major cause of workplace disruptions.
It can not only effect the productivity of those fighting employees, but also everyone else present there.
They can easily get distracted with the issues going on and will focus more on the gossips rather than their own work.
Examples of Nepotism (The GGG):
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a family member keeps their job if they lose their driver's licence whereas a non-family member would be fired.
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less experienced, less educated, less skilled family members are empowered and promoted more than non-family members who are better equipped to do the job.
Bottom Line
To have a peaceful workplace you need to kick out all the consequences of nepotism from your office.
You need to create an environment that is moralizing to your employees.
What’s best is to consult with an attorney to develop appropriate anitnepotism policies that is suitable for both the company and the employees.
The GGG observation:
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the omission of 'of' in the story could be editorial nepotism!
https://www.wikye.com/adverse-effects-of-nepotism-in-the-workplace/