[zipy124]

There is also the fact that hiring outside can be preferred to promoting internally for some reason I have yet to figure out.

[rapidaneurism]

Internal people are people paid more than their market value (otherwise they would have left).

[zipy124]

Is that actually true? I was under the impression it was the opposite.

[rapidaneurism]

I'm a bit cynical :) there are other reasons to stay in a job, but the definition of market value is how much you can successfully interview for. So yes staying in a job signals that nobody wants to give you more money.