> and diversity hires
before the diversity hires, there were nepo hires. they didn't suddenly throw "merit" out the window to make way for diversity, it was already a lie to begin with
before the diversity hires, there were nepo hires. they didn't suddenly throw "merit" out the window to make way for diversity, it was already a lie to begin with
There still are nepo hires, you just added to the problem with diversity hires it didn't fix the nepo hire issue.
Deviations from an ideal (hire whoever will be most effective at doing whatever it is you're hiring them to do), whether intentional (nepotism, e.a., trading favors, etc) or accidental (for example trusting formal credentials a little to much), do not make that ideal a "lie".