That's why we need to keep our system a capitalist one. ;) This particular turd of my story got his job initially due to the degree and travel experience he had. These were directly the result of his better financial position. However, even though he wasn't bad at his job in the skill performance sense, his incredibly bad attitude/personality caused him to eventually get fired (and the way he got fired means that he will have a hard time getting hired from now on -- certainly not going to get a letter of recommendation from that job).