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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm always amused whenever I see a company advertise itself as "family-owned". Every family-owned company I've ever worked for has been run by a competent but morally bankrupt founder and his dirt-stupid but morally bankrupt children.

My favorite one of these was a company that imploded because the founder was banging his son's wife (who was also the mother of his grandchildren). This was considered unremarkable in Louisiana.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Been there done that (except perhaps the son's wife banging thing - that I know of). The founder desesperately wanted his son as the boss and his daughter as HR. Except the son was stupid and mean, and the daughter was a bit brighter but even more machiavellous. The son made only yes-men stay under him, the morale went down everywhere. The company went bankrupt shortly after I left. I was not unhappy about the outcome.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Daughter-in-law

    The only time I interviewed for a family run private business, the son was the CTO and paneled me with a rather downtrodden looking Indian dude who was the tech lead.

    First thing out of the son's mouth: "I see on your resume you worked at AMD. They make hardware so why would they need you?".

    Wdym?

    Well you are a programmer.

    I was stupified, and the tech lead had the exact same reaction Mike Myers had when Kanye said George Bush hated black people.

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