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by dirtyhippiefree 889 days ago
The Peter Principle…people get promoted into incompetence.
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We put peter there.

He's doing the job we put him there to do.

The Peter Principle says people get promoted until they can’t do the job. If you aren’t being promoted to a higher position people wonder about you…

I see your point, did you know it’s a book?

Dang

Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle

I'm off-handedly referring to "the gervais principle[1]"

[1] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...