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The art of being right because you got here first.
means The rank, privilege, or pay you accumulate simply by sticking around longer than everyone else.
from From Latin senior, 'older,' comparative of senex, 'old man' — the same root that gave us senator, originally a council of elders presumed wiser by virtue of wrinkles.
Labor leverageUnions use it to decide layoffs and promotions.
Last in, first outNewest hires often vanish first in cuts.
Not meritRewards tenure, not necessarily talent or output.