Thank you for this. I hadn't really thought about it before -- "meritocracy" is not a word I can recall ever using -- but this is an excellent argument, and tr

Thank you for this. I hadn't really thought about it before -- "meritocracy" is not a word I can recall ever using -- but this is an excellent argument, and truly hits the nail on the head. There is an ideal of fairness in hiring and promotion that is to be striven for. But declaring that one's organization has attained it is the height of arrogance.