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by imbur 3094 days ago
It is not to say that the private sector is without problems completely. These rules around promotions and hiring in the public sector prevent certain other problems like favoritism, sexism, nepotism.
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> These rules around promotions and hiring in the public sector prevent certain other problems like favoritism, sexism, nepotism.

If allowing those things results in a net better experience than forbidding them, maybe they aren't really problems after all. Maybe favoritism & nepotism, in particular, are good ways (within limits) to build strongly-functioning teams.