"Dee.Dee" wrote:

> A large percentage of jobs in the market place are attained by favoritism.
> Have you noticed that the "Hire-er" a large percentage of the time, if
> he/she has the option, picks of like-mind and like-other things. It is
> quite apparent to me walking in a lot of places that the hirer has choses by
> favoritism, if by nothing else that appearance.
>
> If the hire-ers are trying to present a certain appearance of their
> employees to the public, they may gain a lot of that kind of business, and
> it is their choice. I understand it hasn't been challenged. I suppose you
> could call it a form of discrimination if you wanted to, and that might fall
> under the heading of corruption as well.
>
> Mind you, I'm not arguing for or against unions. I have always weighed both
> sides and am not 100% on either side.

I have worked in a wide variety of jobs, and consider myself lucky that most of
them were in union shops. I certainly saw my share of favourtism and butt
kissing. I can't say that the union shops promoted laziness, but they certainly
protected employees from abusive supervisors.