This is 100% on pathetic PNC
And since hiring / promotion process is not fair anyway, F it, let managers pick whoever they want, at least it's not wasting other people's time!
It really is all about who you know, not what you bring to the table anyways.
Performance, skills, experience, none of it matters. If you’re in the right circle, “someone’s friend”, that’s all it takes to get promoted.
This is what hurts Viasat and it’s going to hold the company stuck at where it is