One could continue the joke and say chimneys are also too generous a metaphor. One should at this point ponder over what criteria there can be which can be used to disqualify merit as a key factor in employment. So, it is difficult to decide when some employment policy is faulty or when a specific employment is biased. What we should really be worrying about is whether the employer with clear purpose shuns merit as the criterion for employment. Petty territorialism is bound to set in; in other words, silos within silos start to form — the constant shrinkage that gradually creates the “chimneys” that Rafidah refers to.

Source: The Edge Markets July 02, 2021 03:33 UTC