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Marty Fouts@foxhkron While both are true; they are not similar . Picking the pope amounts to an inside promotion and has often taken longer than two days. It’s not the same as an external hire.
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derptron@foxhkron Pope is more of a promotion of someone well known and respected within the company.
Thomas P. Moonis@foxhkron The pope was chosen in two full-time days at a conclave with 120+ peers; is that better than five rounds of interviews?
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Florencio Cano@foxhkron I agree, but take into account it was an internal promotion in an organization with a strong culture.
Jordon@foxhkron He was an internal promotion, not an outside hire.
RobFunny, but not a very accurate statement.
@foxhkron to be fair, they did fly the entire management over from around the whole world, locked them in a room, took their phones and conputers away and threatened to stop the food unless they make the decision fast and it STILL took them two days to do it.
Chris Murphy@foxhkron Yeah but he was an internal promotion.
disorderlyf@foxhkron tbf interviews don't usually involve locking all the top execs in a room with no contact with the outside world for entire days
I still think 5 rounds is ridiculous
JTinMI@foxhkron The flipside to that statistic, though, is the reason why the cardinals are now locked in until they elect a pope. After Clement IV died, it took the better part of three years to elect his successor - during which time one of the cardinal-electors died, and a second one resigned from office. The cardinals had been locked in, on rations of just bread and water, for more than a year by the time they finally arrived at a compromise and elected Gregory X.
Wombat For Hire@foxhkron He had been present onsite since 2023 and had extensively networked within the company. He was even part of the previous CEO's informal succession plan.
Log 🪵@foxhkron Yes, but the papacy is a lifetime appointment with tenure and executive authority. The remote hire is "at will" and can be fired at any time for no reason at all. Those extra interviews are in place to protect the company from having to backfill even more positions because it doesn't give pay raises like it should.
Erik Živković@foxhkron they count on him dying soon so it's low risk 🙃
Dr. Sobek@foxhkron If I may, the pope is selected amongst the cardinals by his peers.
Most of them probably already knew of him, at least from reputation, and they had actually been discussing formally and informally for more than a few days before going into the conclave. He probably underwent more than 5 interviews by the time that final vote took place.
@foxhkron They had been working with him for a long time.
Axel Hartmann@foxhkron - well the cardinals have all been in the same assessment center for 60+ years, and all are in the final round.
aburka 🫣@foxhkron and they picked a guy who hates gay people (not exactly a culture fit) and covers up sexual assault. Probably shoulda waited for the background check on that one
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This is genius and I'm using it next time I have to interview.
This is genius and I'm using it next time I have to interview.
Pēteris Krišjānis@foxhkron hire doesn't, but people who hire are desperate of feeling any power
Pierre Carrier@foxhkron he was promoted not hired.
التنينوكس@foxhkron Out of curiosity, how many contenders were there?
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@foxhkron the pope is just the final round of interviews after 3-4 other rounds though. it's a lifelong selection process with hundreds of thousands of applicants.