business is business...

for me, its okay to hire your friend, family or relatives because you can always give your full trust to them, one more thing they surely concerns to your business. but before you get on to them, tell them frankly that it's purely business and you'll act as a boss and them as an employee. and of course the benefits of the business would be given to employees deserve to have those... maybe you didn't talked about that thing, that's why it happened.
My mother and my aunt, have been together in a garment business for 25 years and it's good thing that the business has a highly profit than what they are expected..

good luck to you!!!

You're a camwhore? :winkwink:

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup

Nope. No one would pay to see me in my undies.

:upsidedow

i thought this was the first rule of business heh..
Only leads to conflict

Indeed.

But I guess when they lose their jobs, need money for their divorces, and cry in your beer you think 'maybe' you can help. I am not a believer in just giving you cash because you need it. You need to work for it.

A lot of people in my life think that when you loan them money, they are on the fore-never loan program.

Friends and biz are two separate things, beeing able to drink with someone for years doesn't mean anything about the work ethics, moral or effort they are able to pull, and unfortunately sometimes you don't really know unless you try, so the best to be very careful and think twice.

I did worked for a friend for a year and a half in the past and there was never a single problem, with mutual respect and beeing tuned on the same frequency we never had issues, we understood that once it's the work time it's no time to chat or bullshit with each other, keeping it to the point and keeping the personal stuff outside of work hours is a must.

Yes, I would work with friends, but only with those that I really know well from the work end.

friends of familiars neither

It depends on the personality of the friend. I have a buddy that I would work with in a second because I know he works his ass off. I am also one who is quick to sling a comment anyones way about slacking off or fucking up, friend or not. Bidniss is Bidniss.

i would hire friends, but i would only hire them if they were qualified enough to where i would hire them if they werent a friend.

finding a job for a friend just because they need a job is a recipe for disaster.

Amen brotha...
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Law 2

Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies

Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.

Actually that's pretty interesting. I can see some truth in that.
:2 cents:

Very true.
It is hard to kick a friend's ass to get him working hard!

familiarity breeds contempt :2 cents:

It is because of threads like these that when my friends do ask me to do some work for them, I try to do my best. I don't take it for granted either.