So, I read of claims of nepotism frequently on here.
Surely not?
I'll be honest and have met a few folks related to current and gone VP's, etc. GENERALLY, they seem decent and hard working folks.
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A son of a GOM manager working in the same division? That's nepotism for sure. One of them needs to move out to another BU immediately.
Maybe not entire Chevron but definitely in GOM including one manager who has his son working in his own division
Anonymous194336, I agree with what you are saying. However, it's not called "Murphy's Law", but "The Peter Principle". A book was written with the same title.
Nepotism does exist at Chevron. Many of the family tree hires are hardworking. Some are completely useless. Either way, they have learned how to act from their relatives (in some cases) and either are competent or purposely appear to be competent enough that you may think that they work hard.
The only bad part is when a poor performer who is connected begins to be promoted beyond his or her peers and out of his or her capabilities. Positive reinforcement of negative behaviors make them even more incompetent.
In my experience about 2/3 of the family hires appear to be high level performers and about half are high level performers. There are some stinkers though.
The biggest problem is not nepotism but mentoring where managers promote their favorites into positions where they are vastly in over their heads. Murphy's Law - people rising to their level of incompetence.
We know of a sister-in-laws hiring and promoting her brother-in-law, two daughters of a manager hired and promoted, a mother employing her son as a highly-paid contractor for many years, an uncle hiring and promoting his nephew.
Fools laugh and Thinkers reason... does this resonate with you? Don't bother answering, it was a rhetorical question.
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Nepotism can be a problem if allowed to get out of hand. Additionally, it can be a demoralizing factor in any organization. Nepotism can be perceived generally as one person having privileges just by virtue of having a relative in the company, usually a higher ranking person that will protect and propel their career. This is where HR really needs to take control and be guided by a well vetted corporate procedure. Nepotism needs to be controlled and supervised closely.
People just like to blame other people. They just want to get it out of their chest and feel good.