The Cycle of Hiring Nepotism

Hiring Board (repeated on each panel); thought bubbles: 'I want to hire the most qualified canidate', 'I want to hire my own people'

This four-panel vertical meme illustrates the cycle of nepotism in institutional hiring, originally titled 'The Cycle'. Each panel shows a four-person hiring board of businessmen in suits, each with a thought bubble showing their hiring priority. Starting from the top panel: two hirers want to hire the most qualified candidate (with a typo 'canidate' in the original text), while two want to hire 'my own people' (their personal connections and cronies). Each subsequent panel replaces one hirer who supports merit-based hiring with another hirer who supports nepotism, until the final bottom panel where all four members of the hiring board prioritize hiring their own people, completing the cycle showing how nepotism gradually overtakes merit-based hiring over successive hiring rounds.

This meme originates from the user-generated content platform 9Gag, as noted by the source information, with the original title 'The Cycle'. It is a satirical illustration created to criticize the widespread common practice of nepotism and cronyism in corporate, government, and institutional hiring processes, demonstrating how nepotism self-perpetuates over time.