I’m jealous and disheartened at the opportunities Nepotism affords people. Can they do the job? Mostly. But are they actually the best qualified/most experienced? No. I was hiring for an opening on my team that would report to me. A partner in another department referred his niece who was a stay at home wife (no kids) who mostly just volunteered as admin part time at the local dog shelter. The exec in my group hired her (contd)

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Basically overriding my decision. She’s making the same as folks with 5-6 years of experience and masters degrees, while she has a bachelors in art history and has 2 years of admin experience. Just wtf.

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Yep, going into industry as a Sr Director. Put in my two weeks already

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I agree that is frustrating but I would be careful posting such specific information, you never know who is lurking here

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Very true..

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Life has never favored me. Had to outwork others to get the basics.. but it built my character overtime.. perhaps bit jaded as well. lol

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Yes. But also you won’t hear high performers complain about nepotism

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P2 giving ‘poor people are only poor because they don’t work hard enough’ energy 🤢 nevermind things like systemic racism, socioeconomic barriers, generational wealth gaps, or unequal access to education and opportunity … those are all clearly made up things by people who aren’t high enough performers!!!

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That example can’t be at a bigger firm.

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How many of your family members have your hired Partner?

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I wish I was a nepo baby.

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Me too.

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It’s always one thing to get a job through connections, but its hilarious when these same people with give Ted talks on “grit” and “putting your head down to do the work”

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Just playing devil’s advocate here:

I’m not a nepo baby and have no connections, but I can definitely see a coworker griping about me in the same fashion.

There’s always some unqualified or mediocre people employed. As long as they’re trainable and have proper mentorship, usually it works out in the end, and they got to start somewhere.

Ok Nepo baby 😉

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