Nepotism is part of our company’s history and culture.
What is your experience and thoughts on it?
Are nepo-babies promoted because they hold a fast track ticket and waved through or is it down to merit and hard work?
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I and D accounts for more management incompetence than nepotism without a doubt.
I have seen some Nepo’s move upward, but they were legit. As if they had been in management training since birth.
Maybe also some over achieving on their part to prove they made it on their own merits.
I have never met an incompetent Nepo but I have seen many id--ts chosen from the masses. Maybe Execs have figured out higher chance of success with Nepos.
I know as many sons/daughters of employees that resigned as I do that flew up...No Correlation
Look up last n@mes: saylor, bonnin, catudal, paul for Baytown
It’s very interesting to see a grand son or son in law get the golden ticket. Your gut is right when you see promotions that make no sense, or people keep their jobs that should have been packin years ago.
Junior HiPos are generally paired up and awarded major 'awards' on actual matrimony.
And, now, as most states disregard gender, this will become more prevalent in the US.
And I, because of one minor miss-spelling off the boat, have no Nepo experience.
Nor a spouse.
I knew one of the former top execs (RD) in Chemicals’ son who worked as an engineer in Baytown. He was actually a great guy, and funny enough he quit during the exxodus to go to a competitor. I’m sure he at least talked about it with his dad before making the decision but to me that speaks volumes about where the company is headed.
On full display in Annandale, also the couples , dragging the anchor around state to state. Place is a joke 🤡
Merit vs nepotism is a mix depending upon circumstances…. But a big factor in the kids’ success is growing up in a household where the behaviors valued by the company are modeled constantly. Ultimately, showing up to work is similar to the environment you’ve always known. You may work hard and earn it, but knowing how to act and when to act in the expected manner is a big leg up.
Yeah. @ msr+1l0FwNRT is on target on this. The whole couples thing is a joke. There’s always a lead spouse that pulls along some wantabe who sucks up a position that someone else is better at and more qualified. Some squirrelly s§¥t behind the scenes within HR and performance ranking with those folks.
The ones I have seen were fast tracked and promoted into positions well before they were qualified to fill. It's not that they were sandbagging. Much the opposite as they wanted to prove they were capable, but they really weren't ready for the roles they were put into and there were much more qualified people with more experience that were left behind and passed up so the nepo babies got their hipo experiences.
The one son I am aware of that’s is doing quite well is well earned.
There are couples that are high up that I wouldn’t say the same about.