It's interesting. I've observed over the years many such instances where someone is hired into a job with no apparent matching credentials (I had one female engineering program manager who worked for me, for example, who's education was in biology. We build radars. There is no overlap in skills there). In my experience, in every case they somehow delude themselves into believing that they were hired because they were recognized for having some special ability to think outside the box, brink a new perspective, yadda yadda yadda. In other words, totally a merit based hire. No male biologists were hired, just female. Strange. Yet there is never .... out loud anyway ... never a recognition that they benefited from a hiring preference.
“It’s interesting. I’ve observed over the years many such instances where someone is hired into a job with no apparent matching credentials...”
I saw that at a major engineering company in Houston in the late 80’s early 90’s. The Instrumentation and Controls group had some “engineers” who had education degrees. Yes, women.
The company had a reputation for cookie cutter engineering, and attempting to reduce most engineers to the level of clerks. PM me if you can guess which company.
*** “We build radars. There is no overlap in skills there” ***
Yes but... those without a Degree need not apply.
I have worked for those type Companies in the past, I did not have a Degree, therefore they considered me their serf... They couldn’t function at any level without me (really)
So I purchased my own Insurance and got on the Vendors List, quit and offered my Services as a Contractor.
Was hired,(with less responsibilities)and doing the same job, office and desk and was banking twice as much as my Boss and he didn’t care... I was his Job Security, he was inept...
BUT he had the Degree!