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Originally Posted by Blitz
What was Fontana thinking today, did he think he was back in parliament or something? Bashing the PM probably isn't the best thing to do if you want the feds to pay attention to the city in the future.
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If we just sit around and say nothing, what exactly will that accomplish? Harper has two ridings to lose here. He ought to be concerned about London and would do well to keep us happy.
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Originally Posted by manny_santos
And of course, some companies hire people based on who they know or family connections, regardless of ability. My university degree was of no help to me until I started looking for jobs abroad.
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It's really a double-edged sword. Managers can hurt their career prospects by hiring incompetant —, so they will often try to balance trustworthiness and ability when hiring. If you take on someone you already know, chances are you've already found out more about them than anyone could in a 10-minute interview. Irritating, but look at it from their perspective: risk is drastically reduced.
That being said I don't rule out nepotism completely, and I've heard of many cases where daddy's little girl/mommy's little boy was in way over his/her head. Instead of demoting or firing them, the parent will instead opt to use employee time to cover up their offspring's mistakes. In my personal experience the absolute worst perpetrators of this are public-sector managers. I've seen many cases where taxpayer-funded positions are
created by the managers for their family members, often paying far higher than private-sector equivalents.
One example: one of my friends was employed by the CBC for the summer, and was working in a position that did not exist before her mom (a manager of sorts) deemed it necessary. She was basically paid $19.50 per hour to fetch coffee and pastries for other employees (compare that to Caterpillar, who is demanding workers be paid less than that for downright back-breaking work).
(By the way, if you browse SSP, I'm sorry for disclosing this
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