Chapter SixMerit Misfires
Is merit worthwhile or damaging? Is merit-based employment testing useful or a fraud?
You are an executive in a large corporation. A large salary and annual bonuses are yours, and you are able to live as executives live – in a big house in a pleasant neighborhood, with an excellent school system for your children. Your partner also works, of course, and that person also manages many employees, though in a different organization. As you look back, you feel that the road to this life was fairly clear to you even as a child – you didn’t need to think about it, really. Hard work in high school, scoring well on standardized tests, attending a good university and graduate school, entrance into ...
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