In my sales career, I've seen this at every company I've worked for - family members getting promoted way too fast, or friends getting jobs they can't handle. How do you feel about workplace nepotism? Do you lose motivation when it's more about who you know rather than how well you do your job?

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If I start to notice that family and friends are getting promotions much more often than other deserving team members, I'm going to start applying elsewhere. If there are occasional family or friends who are also great employees getting promoted, then I'm not going to overthink that.

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I agree with this

I mean, it's pretty annoying. And I try to call it out when I can. But what can we realistically do? My boss just hired and quickly promoted an old friend of his, and what can I really say about that that doesn't just put an arrow on my back?

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