What came first, chicken or egg? The promotion puzzle at a mortgage firm

More than half of whistleblowing complaints made in 2024 were HR-related, according to a recent survey by Safecall, a whistleblowing software and services provider

What came first: The chicken or the egg?

 

Since the amniotic egg showed up roughly 340-odd million years ago, and the first chicken evolved around 58,000 years ago, at the earliest, it’s safe to bet that the egg came first. So says the Australian Academy of Science.

 

But the case under discussion today is a bit more complicated than the egg-and-chicken question.

 

Like last week’s column, this one too is about human resources (HR) practices in the financial sector. Note: I am merely narrating the incidents as they unfolded; not saying who’s right and who’s wrong.

 

The assistant general manager