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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by enlightenedfool on Saturday September 22, 2018 @08:02PM (#18048661)
"dumbest people with connections end up as managers while the smartest get put into lower positions" That's the case everywhere, but the other side of the argument is that the managers are smart to use those connections for their careers.
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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by ciguy on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:44AM (#18050113)
The difference in Italy is that the managers were born into those connections, they didn't make them on their own. And the system incentivises this to an alarming extent.

In other countries, you can actually network and make a name for yourself, get promoted for hard work etc.... That doesn't really happen in Italy, the hard worker gets passed over for the lazy son who knows nothing about the business.

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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by jondubois on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:06AM (#18049989)
Most people are constantly trying to use their connections to advance their careers - That's not difficult at all.

The hard part is making those connections.

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