Perhaps it's because research coming out of MIT & Indiana University suggests that calling a company a "meritocracy" makes it less meritocratic: https://dspace.

Perhaps it's because research coming out of MIT & Indiana University suggests that calling a company a "meritocracy" makes it less meritocratic: https://dspace.mit.edu/openaccess-disseminate/1721.1/65884 https://dspace.mit.edu/openaccess-disseminate/1721.1/65884