Nepotism at work

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Aibu to be frustrated with this?

I work in a civil service department and all roles have to be recruited through “fair and open competition” to prevent nepotism and discrimination etc.

However in my unit, a lot of people are on temporary promotion and have to reapply for their own jobs to stay in the role, whilst the amount of positions has decreased. Instead of jobs being offered based on performance, they were offered to the family/friends of senior civil servants. Eg one candidate failed the application form stage but managed to stay in role

It is a bit annoying as they have pushed the “fair and open” agenda hard yet successful candidates were already chosen. Makes me feel like my current career is dead-end.

Happens everywhere. I'm in financial services. Some people just need to show up everyday and as long as one of the exec like you, you'll find yourself on the trajectory. Me, on the other hand, 10 years in my role, not a whiff of a promotion despite best efforts, excellent end of year performance reviews, extra hours.

It's total bollocks.

See I thought this would be the case in private sector companies but thought it would be different in civil service! In my company we can’t really get promoted in-house or get a pay rise with good performance. You always have to apply for the substantive promotion just like everyone else can. Until now I guess 😆

Yes it’s shit when your face doesn’t fit but you’re otherwise smashing it at work!