[lordkrandel]

Get him promoted. It's the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle

[winkeyless]

> Under the Dilbert principle, employees who were never competent are promoted to management to limit the damage they can do.

Interesting but how does promoting such employee limit the damage (instead of causing more damage to the team)?

[daltrogama]

Really brilliant. For every promotion, we should ask ourselves if it was "Peter-based", "Dilbert-based" or really authentic, for good. It surely works as an evidence about the company's corporative culture.

[kaushikt]

This is brilliant. I have a feeling this happens a lot more than we think