ownedgirlie
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ORIGINAL: popeye1250 Ownedgirlie, I've seen that before, "The Boss' Son". Guess who got the "promotions" and "qualifications" be damned? And there I was with my B.S. from a "nobody" college and he just barely got out of high school. But, you're right of course, if the owner of a business wants to leave it to their son or daughter or just give them a highly paid job that's totally within their right to do so. I'm retired so it really doesn't matter to me anymore but these young kids comming out of colleges and universities need to realize that a degree or two even is no garantee of success in the cut throat world of business that I saw. Once you get into an organisation it's performance that counts and yes, "ass kissing" is prevalent. The business that I was in (Insurance) was focused on Sales and most of the best producers didn't have degrees but made $200k per year and that was 20 years ago. And come promotion time or if they needed people for upper management positions in the Home Office, guess who got them? That business is pure "numbers" and the better numbers you got the higher you went. I did alright but I was nowhere near the salesman that those guys were so I didn't stay in that business for only a few years. These days, at least in my neck of the world, someone fresh out of school with a shiny new degree isn't guaranteed a thing, other than to make it through a resume scanner/filter and get an interview. That person will likely hop into an entry level position over someone without a degree, but once in, he/she better have the skills, motivation and professionalism to climb the ladder if moving up is the goal. Department heads who are accountable for performance look at performance in others. They say if you want something done, give it to the busiest person, and there is truth to that. We recently hired someone with a degree from Notre Dame. She has a brilliant mind and is extremely talented. She started somewhere between lower and mid rung of the ladder in our department and is proving herself to be quite the performer. Our VP says the young woman is quite skilled but needs to grow up a bit in her maturity before she can move up any further. Others will be promoted above her as a result. In time she will likely go far. But that will come with experience. A degree will help, but her hard work will ultimately move her up.
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