Part 3: Nepotism & Favouritism: The Stupid in Charge Edition
Why hire the best when you can promote your buddy from beer league hockey? Nepotism isn’t just bad business — it’s corporate Russian roulette, only everyone’s holding the same gun and aiming at their own feet.
Somewhere out there, in the darkest corners of HR meetings and boardroom lunches, a question is being asked:
“Why bother with qualified candidates when I can give this job to my golf buddy, my sister-in-law, or that guy who once fixed my Wi-Fi?”
Thus begins the corporate fairy tale where yesterday’s shelf stocker becomes Head of Customer Service because they once watched a YouTube video on “inspiring leadership.” Suddenly, they’re the self-anointed expert on everything, including the things they don’t understand, which is — unfortunately — most things.
The results are predictable. Like watching a Monty Python sketch unfold in real time, you witness the newly crowned genius inserting their fingernails into every project, every meeting, every conversation. Not because they can help, but because they don’t know where their job ends — or where yours begins.
And oh, the self-importance! They believe they’re indispensable. Why wouldn’t they? They share a dinner table, a six-pack, or, let’s face it, something more personal with the boss. The higher they climb, the more the rest of the company slips into a race to the bottom — and it’s not a sprint. It’s a slow, painful descent where the air gets thinner, and the stupid gets thicker.
