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RE: How the Crisis has Changed Venezuela: The Rise of Nepotism
This kinda sounds like Steemit o.o
Nepotism is everywhere. Despite efforts to make things a meritocracy you'll see plenty of stories of reliance on networks to get better jobs. However, the difference is that it is not mandatory, there are plenty of systems in place that allow the lone person to land a job if skilled enough. And perhaps the labor supply and demand is different here in the US.
You'll still hear the same questions about why people can't get jobs though. I'm not too familiar with the answers here.
It does! I started to think about the topic when the Sweetsssj conflict appeared. She helps her family and friends and people complain. Then I noticed that the biggest whales upvote each other on every post and help each other reach the front page. I've noticed that I had gotten nowhere when I was all by myself, but once I got into communities I rose super fast to where I am right now.
It's a pretty interesting ecosystem that doesn't favor the loners at all.
Here it isn't either in many fields, but in others, it's just impossible to get things done without connections. Passports, for example. You can't get a new passport even if you follow all the due processes or pay under the table. The only way is to be connected somehow to people in the government or in the specific bureaucracy connected to the process. I'm in this one right now, can't get it done no matter what I try...
LOOOOL, Look what I just found while I was writing this. They say that they can't produce passports because they "don't have the materials".
I don't know much about how the labor supply and demand system works. I haven't heard many good things about it. A friend of mine had an internship for years and when it ended they refused to employ him and he couldn't find a job in his area. Then a friend found him a job in real estate and he got in with almost no effort and is now doing well.