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> if the population of people you hire is out of proportion with the general population. why it should be in proportion? This argument is flawed as it ignores
by slt2021 2y ago
> if the population of people you hire is out of proportion with the general population.
why it should be in proportion? This argument is flawed as it ignores that not everyone in general population has the same abilities.
You can look at the roster of any top performing NBA team and tell me if their players population represents general population.
Companies and organizations want to hire the best for any given job, and given this preference, there will always be discrepancy btw hired and general population.
In fact the only case when both population would be equal, is if hiring decisions are based on random chance
- dqv 2y ago> Companies and organizations want to hire the best for any given job, and given this preference, there will always be discrepancy btw hired and general population. This is an assumption, not a fact. Companies hire less-qualified candidates all the time through nepotism.
- slt2021 2y agoI have a mixed opinion on this. There are cases when nepotism fires back via poor job performance and quickly self-corrects itself. But there are cases when nepotism is a job requirement, as in being connected to a powerful network is job description. You can find it in investment banking, big law, VC, sales when people are hired because they know the right people and can get the right results through back-channels/established network. You cannot make the same argument however in favor of hiring lesbians, unless being a lesbian is a job requirement