Is there less of an advantage to hiring family or is there a greater advantage?

I think that would entirely depend on the type of business, how the family interaction plays out, and of course, the type of individual involved. I have known families in business that do very well together. The kids were raised up in the business, and raised with a good work ethic, encouraged but not forced to stay on board.
I have also known people to hire family members because no one else will, or because emotional coercion was brought to bear. Those situations tend to not be successful.

I would never hire a family member unless I had no other choice. It’s not worth the potential risk of alienating a family member over some altercation just to find an employee. Likewise, if they were desperate for the job, I would strongly resist hiring them. That’s a terrible position to be put in (for either party).

It depends on a number of factors. For one thing, if your family member is not very god at what they do, it go badly for everyone involved. It doesn’t matter one bit how talented they are, if you are getting a prostitute. That just rarely ever goes well hiring from the family.

If it’s something automotive, family and friends absolutely.
Actually, I can’t really think of a situation where I wouldn’t be willing to hire a friend or family member. If my boyfriend or his best friend can’t fix it, my mom or grandpa can.

Depends on the individuals. I think nepotism makes a lot of sense a lot of the time. The biggest negative is when things don’t work out at work, it can mean horrible problems in the relationship outside of work. Some people don’t want to risk harming the familial relationship.

I feel like you know if you can trust your family members, and that’s one of the best parts if working with family. I know family members who have worked with each other (tried to be partners in a business) and one of them had a history of stealing money. Duh. That didn’t work out.

I wish I had a business where I could employ my FIL and nephew. I want to help them. Concerning my FIL I don’t want him to work hard at all. He works 6 days a week, long days, and I wish he could retire. He doesn’t want to do nothing, and he actually has to work for financial reasons. I wish I could buy my MIL and FIL a small house or condo and they could just pay the taxes (actually, they probably wouldn’t wind up paying the taxes when I think about the reality) and utilities and their own food and whatever else they want to spend money on, and help out in whatever business I have. I wish I had a business to do something like that.

My nephew would have to take it like a serious job. I think there would be more risk there, but I’d want to try.

I’d seriously consider a business with my sister.

As folks have stated above, it depends on the business and the family.

I don’t have any experience with family business, but I have had several occasions when I worked for friends. That type of situation depends on the ability to maintain a firewall between the business relationship and the friendship.

I don’t think I’d hire anyone in my family as an employee.

Wait, what? I thought I was answering the baseball darts question…

If that ^ is a metaphor, it is completely escaping me.