Classic recipe for disaster!

I am in the process of writing a book with a chapter called: "Nine Common Mistakes Hiring Managers Make". The first mistake I list and discuss is this one: "Hiring friends and family members."

In short, this is bad for two reasons:

1. your feelings for them cloud your judgment as to their effectiveness;

2. to discipline or fire them destroys the relationship or damages it severely.

It is sad when you see people work hard to develop and build a strong company and then see them hand it off to a second-generation who are too foolish to be in control and slowly lose it due to their incompetence.

You forgot No. 3:

It destroys employee trust in management making the correct decisions and results in low employee morale and higher turnover.

thank you. that's a good point.