Comments on: The College Bribery and Cheating Scandal is Really a Sign of HR Failure

By: Texan In Exile

Texan In Exile — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:52:03 +0000

In reply to grannybunny. Ha! SWC woman here (Rice, UT for me, A&M for my brother). That explains so much!

By: Texan In Exile

Texan In Exile — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 19:43:50 +0000

In reply to Dorothy. I have to admit that was my first reaction as well! All that money for USC? That's nuts!

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:12:42 +0000

I’m an alumna of SMU Law School, an expensive school physically located in a suburb that is an island of Upper Class privilege. At the time I went there, I was a Welfare recipient, living in the Projects. One of my Professors, who chaired the Financial Aid Committee, told me that I was the only Welfare recipient who had ever attended SMU Law. That was almost 50 years ago, but is probably still the case. Several of my classmates had the same surnames as some of our campus buildings. I soon learned that it was no coincidence, but that their families were wealthy philanthropists who had donated the funds for those buildings. That explained why — even though some of those same students were so dumb they practically needed someone to “lead them out to feed them” (as we say in Texas) — almost no one at SMU Law failed academically. The faculty knew that you couldn’t really fail students paying thousands of dollars a semester to attend. And, no doubt the Admissions Committee also realized that you couldn’t reject the heirs of your big-bucks donors. However, no one is calling those practices a “scam,” at least not yet.

By: MariaRose

MariaRose — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:37:47 +0000

What this article told me, was that learning to work the system by utilizing bribery is how the top 10% income maintains their holdings on getting those choice wages and also explains why those same high earners feel so entitled and exclusive to us regular working stiffs who do the job that gives them that income. That’s why we have this growing trend of expectation of entitlement—basic income, benefits, etc —all received without any real effort.
I earned my money and degrees by actually doing the work. College is not a party center but a place to stretch your mind to achieve your best knowledge of how to succeed as an adult who is self sustaining. These individuals used money to achieve status. All they have done is lower the value of the degree pedigree. We need to make these entitled realize that they can’t do this forever, but money always covers this up. All that will happen from this exposure is the bribery will be hidden more closely in the future. HR is merely a puppet in these procedures with no effect on what goes on. HR merely passes the paperwork through the system.

By: OnlySemi-Evil

OnlySemi-Evil — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:04:46 +0000

In reply to parker davis. I only ever see your name here Parker when you have something nasty and personal to say about Suzanne. You sound like a pouty little boy with a secret crush on somebody...

By: Goober

Goober — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:26:31 +0000

In reply to Okay.... I think his position is that he needs a hug, and is hoping for a cookie and some milk at bedtime.

By: Okay...

Okay... — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:51:08 +0000

In reply to Ginger.

I completely agree… as an example the owner of the company that I work daily breaks the law, and does other things that aren’t necessarily in line with the policies that SHE has set in place, and the HR Manager has no real say about any of it…

and it is most definitely about who you know now, and not where you graduated from

By: Okay...

Okay... — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:48:11 +0000

In reply to parker davis.

So now that you’ve berated her, and we see that you clearly disagree, what is your take on the whole situation? If it’s not HR who’s at fault, then who is and what suggestions or thoughts even do you have on how to decrease this situation?

Also, the first article was not to be taken seriously…

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:08 +0000

I’m coming down on the side of those saying that HR doesn’t have the power to change this dynamic.

The hilarious facet for me in this foolishness is that one on the implicated institutions is The University of Southern California. USC! What a joke. Anyone — parent or employer — who thinks the education at USC is worth cheating and bribing for deserves the bad consequences they suffer.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:04:47 +0000

The thing that I see in common in the last few posts from the Evil HR Lady lately is, frankly, an over estimation of HR’s “power” in an organization. Although they are supposedly the ones in charge of hiring, firing, etc. this is often dictated by those higher up in the organization. It works both ways, we may like Sally from Harvard better than Jane from the community college, but if the CEO knows Jane, guess who’s getting the job.