Unfortunately, blind hiring/promotion would take all the power out of the hiring/promotion game. Most medium/large sized companies have a flourishing trade in p

Unfortunately, blind hiring/promotion would take all the power out of the hiring/promotion game. Most medium/large sized companies have a flourishing trade in promotions/bonuses: you help me back one of my people for promotion to director this year, and I'll make sure you get feature XYZ by the end of the year. These types of power networks are what make big companies run. Not that taking them away would necessarily be a bad thing, but there would be a LOT of resistance.