"Nepotism is a factor of life"

[Allybeboba]

Nepotism refers to family members. Latin nepos, nephew. Some people have extended that to close friends by analogy but that's not really what it means.

Those web dictionaries are garbage by the way.

Guess you don't believe links on the internet. Lol...

We shall remember that next time you use one or ask for one.

Have a wonderful day.

[Belize]

I guess he got done eating all of the dry spaghetti...

[Mormolyce]

Guess you don't believe links on the internet. Lol...

We shall remember that next time you use one or ask for one.

Have a wonderful day.

Oh you need one?

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nepotism

There you go. You could've just asked if your google was broken.

Here's Merriam-Webster, you Americans like that shitty thing right?

Definition of nepotism
: favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nepotism

[Belize]

Guess you don't believe links on the internet. Lol...

We shall remember that next time you use one or ask for one.

Have a wonderful day.

Not all links are created equal.

Just because a WebMD link is bullshit, doesn't mean I don't believe doctors. Keep being dishonest though.

[Draco-Onis]

Successful people know the road the success often have many failures. Look at apple, they were bailed out by Bill Gates, do you consider apple unsuccessful?

You are confusing a company with the people, of course you can have many failures but Trump's string of failures even in times of real estate booms speak for themselves. I give him plenty of credit for taking risks but at some point you have to show that you have what it takes.

[Nadiru]

Business culture and practice has changed a lot since the 80s, M&A was insanely popular during that time period because it was a way to artificially inflate the takeover organization's valuation. That practice has become passe. Of course we still engage in those practices but not nearly on the same level that once was commonplace.

With some of the largest mergers in history only occurring in the past ten or fifteen years? I don't think so, Tim.

[Allybeboba]

Oh you need one?

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nepotism

There you go. You could've just asked if your google was broken.

Here's Merriam-Webster, you Americans like that shitty thing right?


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nepotism

Thought you said "web dictionaries are garbage". Sorry, we can't accept your citations any more.

[Deja Thoris]

Well, he's right.

But so are murder and rape. It doesn't mean that shit is acceptable or that those who engage in it shouldn't face societal sanction.

Nepotism is perfectly acceptable in some circumstances.

If Trump wants to give his daughter a cushy job in the family business thats fine. If he wants to give her a job as a presidential assistant, well, not so much!

[Deleted]

Well... So much for working hard

[Docturphil]

80-85% of jobs today are filled through networking. That, my friends, is nepotism at it's finest.

That is a horse shit, pulled out of your ass statistic. At my place of employment there is not a single person who is related to the other. No one was friends outside of work before they started working here either.

[zenkai]

Well... So much for working hard

Nepotism is reaping the rewards because someone else worked hard for you.

[Deleted]

Nepotism is reaping the rewards because someone else worked hard for you.

Heck that isn't even necessarily true, there have been cases of nepotism breeding more nepotism, which of course does start at some point where someone supposedly worked hard.

[Allybeboba]

That is a horse shit, pulled out of your ass statistic. At my place of employment there is not a single person who is related to the other. No one was friends outside of work before they started working here either.

Links have been provided. We await your apology.

[Puupi]

Nepotism is reaping the rewards because someone else worked hard for you.

What's wrong with that?

Us living in a western society, in peace, with nice infrastructure and social security is us reaping the rewards of previous generations blood, sweat and tears.

[Docturphil]

Links have been provided. We await your apology.

You do realize that networking and nepotism are not the same thing, right?

[Deleted]

Nepotism refers to family members.

No, it includes favoring people you know too.

[Typhoria]

Nepotism happens because typically family look after each other. It's not natural to watch your family fail without wanting to intervene. For example if your brother lost his job/house most siblings would let him stay for a bit to get back on his feet. Same for the business world, you want to see your family succeed, so you set them up in positions where they can meet influential people.

[antelope591]

I don't really care about nepotism per se, the only funny thing about the Trump kids (Eric and Donald Jr.) is that they constantly talk about politicians being leeches and getting rich off the system, when their whole lives literally revolves around leeching off their dad. At least Ivanka semi-tries to do her own thing.

[Zandalarian Paladin]

Which is objectively worse:

• Favoring competent people who are part of your family

• Taking a competent stranger who will make it his duty to enforce the typical Republican agenda

Nepotism is wrong, objectively. But given the context, while still being wrong, I just wonder if the consequences of not applying nepotism wouldn't actually make the whole situation... well, worse. As if we needed that.

[Allybeboba]

You do realize that networking and nepotism are not the same thing, right?

Links provided for that too. There is some disagreement on whether or not close friends fall into this category or not. They in fact do however.
As the old saying goes, "It isn't what you know, it's who you know."



Just ask anyone in the HR business.