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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent, I feel a great sense of pride that I was able to use my influence to help my son secure a well-paying job in this tough job market. As a government in the SES position, I personally reached out to the Senior Vice President of the main contracting company to ask for assistance in getting my son a position, though not on the same contract. While my son was definitely qualified for the role, I know there were likely other candidates who were more qualified. Still, he got the job and is now earning a solid paycheck. Without my intervention, he would likely still be unemployed. I don’t feel the need to apologize for what I did—any parent would have done the same for their child.[/quote]

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Barf. It’s people like this that annoy me. I know it goes on but so many of the kids in my Fortune 500 company were in because of mommy and daddy. I’m proud of the opposite, that at least I did it on my own. I used connections I made myself in my career.

[b][u]It should be banned, especially if you have a senior level relative working at the company.[/u][/b] These people already have an edge in life and will get a job at these companies afterwards without the limited number of internships. [/quote]

Until you become the CEO of wherever you work, and decide to ban that practice, please STFU.  This practice has been going on since the beginning of time, and it is not going anywhere anytime soon.[/quote]

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