How have you guys dealt with family members of the owner working at the company? There is obvious favoritism which is expected but it’s gotten so bad at this point. The guy is 30 and isn’t required to make calls or emails but some how collects commission every month. He gets added on to sales that aren’t his to “tag along” and give his “expertise”. When really he does nothing. In a bad spot here because I don’t want to leave my company but this will never end. Any advice?

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Nepotism sucks…. And when the company runs into lean times, be ready to take a cut first.

Yeah I’m not really worried about that, more so just getting out of this mess. I’ve never seen nepotism like this.

Dealing with similar issues now, this is out there in a lot of small companies

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