They are also being hired for jobs they are not qualified for just based on their looks.
There's a black man at my job who was put on my team and the director loves him because he is black and was given PhD from somewhere for administration. My colleague was tasked with teaching him basic SQL.
He could not learn a basic select statement. Didn't understand it and just plain couldn't understand the structure of a database no matter how many pictures and explanations were given to him. He would then schedule calls with me and make me do his work while he watched.
I told my boss. My boss is a very reasonable guy and doesn't tolerate incompetence so he shoved him off to an incompetent manager. I've only heard him on one call since and it was someone asking him a question he couldn't answer and he was going to set up a call with a teammate to figure it out.
It has to be stressful to be complete incapable of doing the job you were hired for. I'd be insulted by being hired just based on my looks for a job that takes brains. I'm sure at least some of them feel it without even knowing what it is.
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