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When business partners disagree on hiring decisions involving personal relationships

My business partner wants to hire their friend for a key role at a salary that's 30% above our budget, and I think they're conflating personal loyalty with business judgment, but I haven't figured out how to say that without damaging our working relationship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional boundaries are colliding with personal loyalties in a way that threatens both financial prudence and partnership trust.

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