nepotistically
Hiring one's relatives
In a manner that favors relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs or positions regardless of merit.
A manager who nepotistically promotes his nephew over more qualified candidates prioritizes family loyalty above competence.
The word carries strong disapproval, implying unfairness and corruption in hiring or advancement decisions.
Trading favors mutually
- old boys' networkInformal elite mutual-aid system
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- influence peddlingSelling political access
- insider dealingTrading on nonpublic information
sweetheart deal · collusion · corruption · graft · kickbacks · connected · well-placed · string-pulling
Given special advantage
- unfairUnjust or partial
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
clout · influence · privilege · one-sided · skewed · discriminatory · inequitable · unmerited
Related people together
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- relativesThose connected by blood
lineage · hereditary · ancestry · kinfolk · descendants · inheritance · succession · dynastic
Advanced in rank
- appointedAssigned to office
- employedHaving paid work
- recruitedBrought into service
- selectedDeliberately chosen
placement · unqualified · advancement · position · sinecure · installed · elevated · fast-tracked
backscratching
Trading favors mutually
- old boys' networkInformal elite mutual-aid system
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- influence peddlingSelling political access
insider dealing · sweetheart deal · collusion · corruption · graft · kickbacks · connected · well-placed · string-pulling · palm-greasing
preferential
Given special advantage
partiality · clout · influence · privilege · one-sided · skewed · discriminatory · inequitable · unmerited · undeserved
family
Related people together
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
relatives · lineage · hereditary · ancestry · kinfolk · descendants · inheritance · succession · dynastic · tribal
promoted
Advanced in rank
selected · placement · unqualified · advancement · position · sinecure · installed · elevated · fast-tracked · groomed
nepotisticallymeritocratically
According to demonstrated competence
fairly · impartially · objectively · equitably · justly