0 the advantage that you get by working for a company for a long time: --
2 higher rank or advantage obtained as a result of the length of job service: --
3 the length of time you have worked for an organization, and the advantages that you get from this: --
4 the situation of having a higher rank than someone else in an organization: --
position of seniority.
Should we not conclude that, from an egalitarian perspective, there is indeed something seriously wrong with a seniority-based allocation?
Presumably, we are envisaging a situation in which the government will ban reliance on seniority.
In such cases, seniority privileges may be preferred.
The newly lowered age and seniority boundaries for promotion were appropriate for the well-trained officers who had entered in 1934-8.
Seniority is a principle accepted both by the local community and the bureaucracy.
High pay, extensive staffing, and the selective use of seniority systems all appeared in legislatures that were not commonly considered professionalized.
Seniority and skill levels became roughly identifiable with place of origins, often with growingly different political traditions.
Canceling the seniority rule is, however, not necessarily what maximin egalitarians should advocate.
