“Are you suggesting that there is a problem with actual nepotism, and that it is more prevalent in the public sector than in the private sector? Are you suggesting that you’ve seen inferior candidates being hired over more qualified candidates because they had a family member who insisted on hiring them?”
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Hays was the SIL of the assistant chief, but it doesn’t mean that he was chosen over more qualified candidates.
I’m not saying that nepotism never happens, just that it is no worse than in the private sector (I would argue that it’s less prevalent in the public sector).
The OP suggested that the only way to get a public sector job was via nepotism. That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Again, I worked in the public sector, my husband works in the public sector, my father did, and countless friends and other family members have worked or do work in the public sector as well. Not ONE of them ever got a job because of nepotism.
The article about Hays doesn’t prove anything regarding nepotism. While I’m sure his FIL gave him some pointers, and perhaps put in a good word for him, that does NOT mean that he was hired over more qualified candidates, and does not prove that there was nepotism. Do you have any knowledge about the other candidates who were under consideration at the time? Were more qualified candidates turned down so that the SIL could be hired, instead?
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I do agree that friends of people in “high places” get special treatment if they find themselves in trouble, though. IMO, that is pure corruption, and I’m 100% opposed to it.
