> Otherwise, (for example,) why is the careless, checked out teenager at a fast food joint not promoted to manager? Because managers are increasingly hired fro

> Otherwise, (for example,) why is the careless, checked out teenager at a fast food joint not promoted to manager? Because managers are increasingly hired from the outside, increasingly with college degrees, and a diligent, hard-working teenager wouldn't have been promoted either? I'm with you on the broader point, things like credit checks and social media lookups are mostly disqualifiers for hiring, while performance is still a big part of career growth after being hired. But it seems a bit odd to use entry-level service work as the example, since performance often is meaningless there once you're not getting fired.