Is nepotism good or bad?

If it works in your favour it's good.
If it doesn't work in your favour bad.

If you're self made, you probably hate it.
Many successful folks prefer to let their children struggle as they did, for whatever reason, and "earn it" themselves.

All depends, really.

>>2069630
Good or bad for whom? And why?

If we are talking about the good of the company, a CFO who gets his son a job as a financial adviser probably didn't make the right choice, initially. But his son will eventually learn to do the job competently or, at least, be indistinguishable from the other financial advisers who weren't hired by familial means.

If we are talking about the good of his son, then getting him a job will likely be at least somewhat good, if not great, for him. There's this meme that adversity builds character while, inversely, having a life on easy street does not. I think it's true in some cases, but adversity can just as easily break someone than build someone up. And someone who lives life on easy street can have just as much character, work ethic, etc. as someone who lived a rags to riches kind of life.

>>2070442
But by giving his son/whoever the job purely because they're family/friend/etc, he effectively blocks another from attaining said job who may have done it better, or at least may have had the chance to do it at all.
This is obviously not right however you choose to spin it.

As for inheritance... there are very few families who hold onto their wealth over generations. This tells you all you need to know

Keeping wealth and power in the family sounds great in theory. In reality the majority of kids who were handed everything turn into immensely shitty human beings who scare away anyone with talent while wasting all the family's money on drugs and partying.

>>2069630
It depends on what extent the nepotism goes, is the person unqualified, incompetent, lazy, unwilling to learn then yes, if they are simply capable and you know them or are willing to learn and you know them no.