xantav wrote:
Must be wonderful to live somewhere where there are job opportunities for everybody that works hard. I've never seen it, but there must be a place that has more managers than peons so that all the entry level people who work hard are able to advance, right?
A. Opportunity != Guarantee
B. Ratio of managers to peons has nothing to do with success. You don't have to be a manager to be successful.
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Anecdotal, but recently a full-time position opened up at my work. I applied (3 1/2 years experience as a manager) and another person applied (about 8 months experience). They got the position, but then I was asked to come in because they didn't quite trust them to run the place by themselves and go to me with any questions they had. Seems to me they realized I was the more qualified candidate but for some reason I didn't get it.
And if they keep asking you to come in and help do the job they hired him to do, at some point they'll put you in a better paid position. People make mistakes all the time. Your bosses are not precognitive. And you presumably don't know all the factors they considered when making the hiring decision. if it really was a mistake they either will realize it or their own business will suffer for not realizing it. If you are a more valuable employee than they're rewarding you for, this increases your ability to go elsewhere and earn higher pay.
These things tend to work out over time.
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Now tell me again how hard work guarantees success since anybody can move ahead if they try.
Sigh. Again? Ok:
gbaji wrote:
No one's guaranteeing that hard work will get you out of poverty, but it's more likely than if you don't work hard.
gbaji wrote:
No one said that hard work alone guarantees success.
gbaji wrote:
It may not guarantee a win, but it's what will give you your best chance to. Similarly, while working hard to succeed doesn't guarantee success, it's what will give you your best chance at success.
gbaji wrote:
Again, not guarantees of success, but to argue that there exists any person in the US for whom there were zero opportunities for success is a complete absurdity.
Was I unclear about what I was saying?