Manager Threatens To Call The Cops On IT Guy After Replacing Him With Her Nephew Backfires

There’s a million ways for bosses to be aggravating and nepotism is usually one of them. That’s because hiring a loved one to do a job they’re not right for typically affects more than just them.

Take this redditor, for instance; when the new boss hired her 21-year-old “IT expert” nephew, the OP knew his days were numbered. And while he was eventually let go from the company, at least he didn’t leave without a taste of sweet revenge.

Nepotism in the workplace can have numerous detrimental effects

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This redditor lost his job after his new boss hired her “IT expert” nephew with no actual knowledge of IT

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Favoritism in the workplace can have numerous detrimental effects

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While people’s views on nepotism—individuals in a position of power showing preferential treatment to those of their kin, especially by providing them with employment opportunities—differ, at its core it is a type of favoritism, which rarely benefits a workplace.

In a piece for Forbes, the CEO of Ascension Group International, Duane Tursi, emphasized that preferential treatment at a workplace affects more than just the superior and their favored employee. According to the expert, the ripple effect such a dynamic creates can disrupt team harmony, as well as lower employee morale and productivity.

“Leaders who allow favoritism to dictate decisions instead of merit and performance may unintentionally seed an organizational culture of division and skepticism,” Tursi wrote. “Over time, such a culture not only pushes talent away but also erodes the foundational values and vision that an organization stands for.”

Research on workplace favoritism and workforce sustainability seconded the idea that playing favorites can have numerous detrimental effects. It found that the perception of the presence of both favoritism and nepotism can result in employees lacking a sense of belongingness or identiļ¬cation with the organization. That leads to a negative workplace environment, which can hamper employee morale and satisfaction and defeat the sustainability goals of said workplace.

Quite a few people end up working for the same company their parent does

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Matthew Staiger, a scientist at Opportunity Insights, Harvard’s economic mobility research and policy institute, found that nepotism has a rather significant impact on the job market. After researching the link between the two, he learned that nearly one-third of Americans will work at the same firm as a parent before reaching the age of 30. In those jobs, such workers tend to earn almost 20% more than they would otherwise.

According to Staiger, people are 200 times more likely to work at their parent’s place of employment compared to similar companies in the same geographic area, Harvard Magazine reports. Such a tendency is believed to be linked to the use of social connections.

Staiger is far from the only one who believes that nepotism is a somewhat well-rooted phenomenon, though; quite a large part of the general population seemingly does, too. A poll by YouGov found that out of 10 fields of work, politics seems to be the best environment for nepotism to thrive, as more than half of respondents believe that it’s a very common phenomenon in the field. Politics is followed by the fields of business and acting, media, music, and finance respectively. Judging by the OP’s story, the IT sector doesn’t seem to be immune to it, either.

Fellow netizens commented on the situation, some applauded the OP’s revenge story

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