It's important to trust the people you work with, and to be able to rally them to your banner -- but my personal experience hiring close and not-close friends h

It's important to trust the people you work with, and to be able to rally them to your banner -- but my personal experience hiring close and not-close friends has always been bad (luckily so far only on the work side, it's never damaged the friendship). On the other hand, a friend who does a couple hours of favours doesn't cause a problem.