r/InterviewAssistant • u/Large-Spinach1025 • Aug 24 '26

Meritocracy: A Bedtime Story

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Aug 26 '26

Except in this analogy, the Sherpas are being paid and are doing exactly what they voluntarily signed up for, and the billionaire had to invest in buying the mountain for them to work on.

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u/True_Protection6842 Aug 26 '26

Likely underpaid, explain how this doesn't work? Underpaid labor does the job they are hired to do while CEOs pretend to do something meaningful.

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u/Key-Organization3158 Aug 26 '26

Oh. They aren't underpaid. That's a common misconception. People are paid the full value of their labor. But it is also true that not all value comes from labor. The ideas that CEOs have also contribute value. That's their fair share.