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0 pointslotsofpulp3y ago0 comments

It seems like you are describing the norm. The prime advice for everyone is networking, networking, networking, isn’t it? And it’s not what you know, but who you know. Going to the right schools to be able to make the right friends, etc.

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ldjkfkdsjnv3y ago

No I'm saying a group of relatives from India methodically only hire eachother and use vicious politics to climb the ladder in american corporations. I watched it occur over a decade and still see the hiring updates on LinkedIn, "I am proud to announce we have hired XYZ from other big corp as the new head of data and governance."

hadlock3y ago

This is very common/normal. My last company got eaten in a merger (acquisition) most of the senior leadership from the old company, are now at a competing company. They did not all end up there by random chance. Network network network. It's self reinforcing, because those people know who will get the job done, and make them look good doing it. It's often better to hire a known good person, rather than roll the dice on someone new.

ceres3y ago

What you and the parent are describing are two different things. The parent is talking about ethnic nepotism which isn’t just “network network network”.

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hitekker3y ago

Ethnic nepotism is not normal. It's one thing to hire people you know, it's another thing to discriminate and hire members of your own family.

thatguy09003y ago

There's quite a difference between hiring old coworkers and hiring family, though

pictureofabear3y ago

This is only common and normal in corrupt countries.

thisiscorrect3y ago

Networking and having a reputation among peers for doing good work is one thing. Ethnic nepotism is a different thing. It's a massive failure on the part of many of these companies that this is allowed to happen.

lotsofpulpOP3y ago

Nepotism is a failure, and working against it is definitely a worthwhile effort. But I have also seen non Indian nephews/nieces get hired into internships because their relative knows someone in the decision making process, etc.

We very openly have universities in the US that favor admitting children and relatives of alumni. Hell, we just had a US President that installed his own kids and son in law in various government capacities, and then pardoned his son in law’s dad.

I guess my comment is to question whether Indians are doing something that different to what non Indians are doing.

It seems like a very gray area. Of course, Indians could be doing it to a shade of gray closer to nepotism than others.

jquery3y ago

No, what Indians are doing is not unique to them. Americans discriminate against black people, notoriously so. I’m sure the Indians who support these caste systems would merely say it’s meritocracy in action, same as all the whites/asians opposing any governmental rule that tries to level the playing field for black people in America.

(This comment will of course be downvoted heavily and/or flagged)

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faeriechangling3y ago

No the issue is that high caste Indians are every bit of vicious nepotists as WASP whites but for some reason only the threat of the WASP whites is taken seriously. My local laws literally treat caucasians and non-caucasians differently because they were written by white people who literally could not imagine themselves not being on top.

I also absolutely think there is a double standard in regards to how seriously allegations of racism against white and non-white managers are taken.

opportune3y ago

In my experience, it’s very uncommon for this to happen in big corporations at such a frank level. Like yes maybe your buddy from work years back gets tapped for a leadership position, but not your actual brother or cousin, or your childhood friend from the same small town. And if it does happen it’s more of a 1:1 thing and not a huge cluster of your extended family (again, in big corporations. I’m sure it happens a lot in smaller, private family companies).

dsq3y ago

At some point there’s a line between networking and overt nepotism, which is what’s being described as being crossed here.

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