Would you use your connections to help your child get a job?

MSE_Laura_F

According to this article, 74% of Brits would use their connections to help their kids land a job.

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Is this something you would do, or have done? Or something you'd avoid?

comeandgo

Gave my daughter a job as I knew she could do it and would do it well.  She was happy to get the job and it worked well for both of us until she moved on.

Rob5342

I'd do anything I possibly could to help my children. As the old saying goes, it's not what you know it's who you know.

theoretica

Possibly a more interesting question - how much would you let yourself be used by a connection to get their kid a job?

lincroft1710

If I was a parent of course I would do it!! Anything to get them off their fat backsides and earning some money.

Silvertabby

Back in the 1970s Co-op supermarket employees could ask for jobs for their children.My mum told her manager that her daughter (me) was leaving school at 15 and wanted a job. In fact

tacpot12

I would do if I thought that my child was up to it.

My mother recommended me for a job at her employers when I was looking for a part-time job while at college, and I was hired on her say so. One thing I realised in later life is that this was quite a brave thing to do, because her reputation was on the line if I had messed up.

Savvy_Sue

Of course I would. My mum got me my first job back in the day ...

AND DS1 did so well at the local cinema, the happily hired DS2, and then asked when DS3 would be old enough

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6443752/would-you-use-your-connections-to-help-your-child-get-a-job

I would and I do not know any parent who would not help their child get a foot in the door. I would also help family and friends where reasonable to do so, I am pretty sure most people would, that is the nature of family and friendship.

MSE_Laura_F

Thanks @MattMattMattUK. The article suggests only 74% would, which is why it's interesting to hear people's thoughts!

tacpot12

The question is somewhat hypothetical, as many children would not be suitable to work in their parent's employer's business, e.g. by reason of not have the necessary qualifications. The 26% who would not may have answered the question as they did because they know that their child is not suitable or qualified to work in a role that they could use their influence to get them OR they could be more moral than the rest of us.