Dear Janaka Dasa,
You have written that "If someone is well qualified then wouldn't it be unfair to him that he is being depreived of working in the company simply because his relative is also working there."
It is not a question of recruitment of relative because of capability. Their closeness hampers the growth of the company. Many times they are perceived as informants of the Managing Director (MD) / Director. Secondly, generally management is strict with the employees. However, will they be as much strict with their relatives also. They are always given leeway. This in turn vitiates the organisation's culture.
When Infosys founders founded their company, they had taken oath not to appoint their kith and kin. It requires a great courage to implement this oath. The violation of the oath came when Mr NR Naranaya Murthy returned to Infosys to turnaround Infosys which was passing through rough weather. However, along with him, he had also brought his son. Mr Murthy had made him his Executive Assistant (EA). However, this raised eyebrows and presspersons asked one simple question, in spite of having 100,000 persons on the roll, why Infosys could not get single person to become EA? Infosys had no explanation.
If the relatives are that capable, then anyway they can get a job outside also. Their capability cannot be selective!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
You have written that "If someone is well qualified then wouldn't it be unfair to him that he is being depreived of working in the company simply because his relative is also working there."
It is not a question of recruitment of relative because of capability. Their closeness hampers the growth of the company. Many times they are perceived as informants of the Managing Director (MD) / Director. Secondly, generally management is strict with the employees. However, will they be as much strict with their relatives also. They are always given leeway. This in turn vitiates the organisation's culture.
When Infosys founders founded their company, they had taken oath not to appoint their kith and kin. It requires a great courage to implement this oath. The violation of the oath came when Mr NR Naranaya Murthy returned to Infosys to turnaround Infosys which was passing through rough weather. However, along with him, he had also brought his son. Mr Murthy had made him his Executive Assistant (EA). However, this raised eyebrows and presspersons asked one simple question, in spite of having 100,000 persons on the roll, why Infosys could not get single person to become EA? Infosys had no explanation.
If the relatives are that capable, then anyway they can get a job outside also. Their capability cannot be selective!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar