Employing friends, good idea?
 

So one of my friend is REALLY broke. I mean, when ever we go out i pay for everything. I was thinking about employing him. Anyone done this before? Is it a good idea? :Oh crap

if you set the rules up front,be very clear and assume nothing. It could go fine.

"No good deed ..... " you know the rest :2 cents:

Like Notorious BIG used to say:
"friends and biz dont mix, like two dicks"

Oh wait it was family and bix, but close enough.

Friends don't make good employees.they take advantage of you and slack off etc..bad idea

It's your decision, just do what you think is right:)

it all depends...good luck

I know! I already told him though, if he doesn't work hard i will replace him.

Anything is do-able, but I haven't seen it work too often.

LOL Bad plan :( Most of the friends that i have hired worked well in the begining but in the end all slacked off :( and had to be fired

I'm about to hire an online friend that I've had for years. We go way back on the boards and such. Once he has completed the test, it will be up to me to take him or not. However, even before taking the test, I told him that we go way back in the online world and all, but I will not tolerate a slacker when I pull off 24-hour work days to get things done on time. I'm not asking that he keeps my pace, but he must really work at it because I will not hesitate to let him go.

I have absolutely no pity for slackers. Slacking is all good, as long as it is done as far away from me as possible.

Damn..I hope you pay well..sounds like a sweat shop :winkwink:

No, I sweat shop myself. I like to work and I like this business. Contract says that I'm only required to be here 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

dont hire him if you want to keep the friendship. sad but true

I have a friend of mine that work for me since 2 years.
Never had problem. Set the rules before hiring him and stick to them.
:thumbsup

Whatever you do don't hire friends or family...

I'm sure many people here can back me up on that one...

DH

Sounds like there might be a reason why he doesn't have a job/money. It really all depends on the people. I've hired/worked for friends/family where sometimes it's awful, sometimes it's perfect.

Its a terrible idea and you know it thats why you made this thread. If you can afford to pay him for doing nothing I would say don't hire him just give him money. If you can't afford to just give the dude money at least you are thinking about him.

If the arrangement is professional and you have system in place it should be find. Make sure everything is clearly laid out and then the work relationship is on them to make it go smoothly.

unless he is a really good friend i wouldn't do that....

go for it and see how things work out :)

not a good idea. i have had one. but ive decided he needs to go since his works was horrible the post few months hes been with us.. sad thing is... he always insist that was my fault.. fuck that! last week got a message from him that he needed extra work. i don't feel like answering him. it his lost not mine what a retard!

better idea is to point him in the right direction and let him give it a shot....teach a man to fish and all that yang...

Listen to DrinkingHard and the rest...'employing' a friend of family member is a baaa-aaad idea 99% of the time

I wouldnt do it. I treat my business like a business and when my friend started to slack off and I had to fire him, would most likely end the friendship.

bad idea, unless your friend is really REALLY REALLLLLYY close to you

Just put him on commission, then if he doesnt work hard, oh well...

my friends brother just hired his best friend last month.
...3 weeks deep had to fire him because he was fucking around too much
now their friendship is ruined :S

No No No

employing friends bad idea
becoming too friendly with employees bad idea
lending money to friends bad idea
lending money from friends bad idea
having too many friends bad idea
drung friends bad idea
druggie friends bad idea


fill in some more you live life once its complicated as is add a few fuckers to your cell phone list and you get tangled up in junk you could of easily avoided

Didn't even finish the thread yet, but I concur with this. :2 cents:

Personal experience speaking.

if its a temp thing to help him out, sure why not.

If he was on top of things he wouldn't be broke now... what will happen is he will try for a week or 2, then things will fall apart... then a month from now, you will start a thread on gfy "How do I fire my friend without fucking up my friendship with him?"...

I think it's difficult. Not impossible, but be prepared to lose a friend.

i agree with most people here. BAD BAD BAD idea

that's not a good idea, man
better if friends will stay just a friends without any money relationship

Stay away from anything that has to do with friends and money.

If he is qualified for the job, why not? But, don't employ him out of pity.

Hire friends if you want to end up with less friends.

he will do what he wants anyway, i ike when people ask these questions and even if a million people tell them bad idea they still manage to tell themself some story how this guy is different then all the millions of friends disasters out there

its like a girl whos going out with a real bad guy everyone can tell her hes shit but she still does what she wants because "hes so not like that" and then she ends up getting restraining orders and her credit is fucked and shes on the way to an abortion clinic

your at a stage where u can avoid a real problem, avoid it

Dumbest post of the year... and probably the 10th out of 50k you have made on this board that I've actually seen.

thought about it, not good idea imo

Been there, done that, bad idea. Doesnt matter what rules you put in place, it destorys your friendship.

if its something like doing a specific task for example helping move furniture, putting up a fence, etc. work like that can be done very good with a friend

but business is usually a diff story

if you get what im sayin

Don't do it..

When you have to give him the flick - your friendship suffers greatly.

:2 cents:

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

From too much personal experience I would have to say...

















BAD FUCKING IDEA, MAN!!!!


The only people I have "buddied" up with and actually made a lot of money is perfect strangers...

Like I read a thread here were someone has some good ideas or has a lot of drive but no ideas to apply it to... I grab them and make a partnership and we both make a few extra K a month on it...

But with friends you spend a few extra K and nothing comes from it except for your wife/girlfriend saying to you, "Either you fire him and never talk to him again or I am out because I can't handle this shit anymore!"

Great idea but treat him as an co-worker and your friendship will still be strong!

It can be hard, but with good rules and inderstanding it can be done!

It is a bad idea to employ a friend or a relative.
But if your riend is in need, then you need to help him.

The friends and family plan will not work in the long run. Hire someone who doesn't know you, they will respect your authority.